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eastern

[ee-stern] / ˈi stərn /
ADJECTIVE
concerning the direction to the east
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Wet weather will be welcomed by many gardeners and growers, particularly in southern and eastern England where it has been a very dry few months.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

The declaration will serve as a preparatory document for the G7 heads of state meeting to be held in Evian, eastern France, from 15 to 17 June.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Today, in Perry County in eastern Kentucky, on thousands of square miles of land laid bare by various strip-mining companies, elk are now thriving.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Barron’s picked Idacorp stock on May 22, 2025, believing the utility serving some 650,000 retail customers in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon would benefit from population inflow and power-hungry artificial-intelligence data centers.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

When the Trojans had taken leave of their kind hosts and had successfully rounded the eastern tip of Italy, they kept on sailing southwestward around Sicily with all confidence in their prophetic guide.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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