Seconded

towards preposition (MOVEMENT)
prep mainly UK (mainly US toward)
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(Definition of towards preposition (MOVEMENT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

I've only seen "toward" (without s) in American literature.

to·wards (tôrdz, trdz, t-wôrdz)
prep.
Variant of toward.
adj.
Variant of toward.

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Seconded.

(Irish)
towards = in comparison with

I agree, toward is US English. This should be changed.

Toward = US
Towards = UK

Easy, should be marked in LEO too.

Re AE:

this is why the esp. seems appropriate to me.