: southward direction or part
sail to the southward
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Newsom’s Delta Conveyance Project proposes to build two new intakes on both sides of the small community of Hood and transport the supply 150 feet underground southward more than 30 miles to the California Aqueduct and the State Water Project.
—Tom Philp, Mercury News, 23 May 2025
Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
But this southward wave has emerged suddenly, in response to the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration policies.
—Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 2 June 2025
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If the magnetic field in the solar wind points southward, a geomagnetic storm may be triggered — resulting in auroras at mid to high latitudes.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Newsom’s Delta Conveyance Project proposes to build two new intakes on both sides of the small community of Hood and transport the supply 150 feet underground southward more than 30 miles to the California Aqueduct and the State Water Project.
—Tom Philp, Mercury News, 23 May 2025
Noun
What To Know The Joint Staff of the Japanese Defense Ministry issued an update on Monday, revealing that as of May 30, the Chinese aircraft carrier and at least three other vessels were tracked in waters east of the Philippines, continuing their southward transit through the Philippine Sea.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
But this southward wave has emerged suddenly, in response to the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration policies.
—Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 2 June 2025
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“Southward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southward. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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