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eastern

[ee-stern] / ˈi stərn /
ADJECTIVE
concerning the direction to the east
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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 Alpine Graubünden region, also known as Grisons, is a popular holiday destination for both winter sports and summer nature activities in eastern Switzerland.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

They are part of a government strategy that has seen much of the digital infrastructure for breakneck AI development across China's eastern seaboard established in the country's less populated, rural west.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

It will focus on the Shanwick Oceanic airspace in the eastern half of the North Atlantic corridor which accounts for approximately 5% of global contrail warming.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

As the sun climbed the eastern sky, I gathered with the others in the tahara house’s washing room.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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