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eastern

[ee-stern] / ˈi stərn /
ADJECTIVE
concerning the direction to the east
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Quebec and Ontario provinces in eastern Canada, the country's economic powerhouses, are especially expected to feel the pinch, they said.

From Barron's Aug. 22, 2026

Ahead of Pacific Coast’s move into Venezuela, Fiyaz and a group of company executives in April made visits to PetroDelta offices in the eastern oil hub of Maturin, according to people familiar with the situation.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

The Syrian interior ministry said Issa led ground forces in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor until 2016.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Chitewere's son, who would have turned 23, left with a cousin in April from a remote village in eastern Zimbabwe where he had been living with his grandmother.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

As the nineteenth century drew to a close, he saw a massive new wave of men flooding into Chicago, fleeing oppression in eastern Europe—from Poland, Czechoslovakia, Lithuania.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield




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