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Asia

[ey-zhuh, ey-shuh] / ˈeɪ ʒə, ˈeɪ ʃə /
NOUN
a continent in the east
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Japan has pledged $10 billion in financial aid to help countries that want to build storage facilities and oil stockpiles in Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Benevolent because the expansion created space for underrepresented regions in Africa, Asia and the Americans to participate, sparking additional interest in the sport there and unlocking funding and other support for national team programs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Ornithologist Simon Hugheston-Roberts spotted the western reef heron - more commonly found in southern Europe, Africa and parts of Asia - at Y Foryd in Caernarfon at 10:00 BST on Saturday.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

That’s not a policy reversal but a supply stopgap as Asia grapples with the loss of liquified natural gas from Qatar, its main source of LNG.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

At present we lack evidence that could resolve the question whether they were domesticated in Southeast Asia, as traditionally assumed, or independently or even only in New Guinea.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond



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