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eastern

[ee-stern] / ˈi stərn /
ADJECTIVE
concerning the direction to the east
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The image also appears to show low-level circulation along the eastern side of the eye.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

A proper autobiography, related from early life in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the present, might have appealed in due time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

The facility in eastern China is the size of 18 football fields and houses several monumental new machines, including the so-called electromagnetic-compatibility lab—a huge room lined with spikes for minimizing interference when testing electronics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

During the northern hemisphere summer, warm waters associated with El Nino can fuel hurricanes in the central and eastern Pacific, while hindering their development in the Atlantic Ocean.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

The more eastern regions of Asia were populated by Homo erectus, ‘Upright Man’, who survived there for close to 2 million years, making it the most durable human species ever.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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