northwestward in English

adverb
1
toward the northwest; in a northwest direction.
adjective
1
situated in, directed toward, or facing the northwest.
noun

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1. Northwestward they move, following the curve of the Euphrates.

2. Tracking west-northwestward, Winnie made landfall in southern Luzon.

3. The Antilles Current transports tropical waters from the North Equatorial Current northwestward

4. It drifted west-northwestward, and on April 21 separated from the westerly wind system.

5. The system tracked slowly north-northwestward, gradually becoming better defined, although thunderstorm activity remained limited and disorganized.

6. Forming along a near-equatorial trough, a surface circulation formed on December 13 and began to move west-northwestward.

7. After turning northwestward, the typhoon underwent a period of rapid intensification, during which its central pressure decreased by 77 mb (hPa; 2.27 inHg) in 24 hours.

8. There it turns north and surfaces adjacent to Union Station's platforms, follows the Washington Terminal yard tracks north to Brentwood where the line turns northwestward and again joins CSX Transportation's Metropolitan Subdivision tracks, running in a unique gauntlet arrangement with the freight railroad tracks straddling the Metro tracks.