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eastern

[ee-stern] / ˈi stərn /
ADJECTIVE
concerning the direction to the east
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On Wednesday, with cooler air spreading in across northern England, the Midlands and eastern England some locations will see a 10-degree drop in temperature.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

An inside student might say that prisons in eastern Oregon used to be mental institutions and Army barracks; an outside student might speak about modernity and the need for discipline and control under capitalism.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

By comparison, only one out of 55 eastern ribbon snakes and three out of 36 ring necked snakes tested positive.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

William Clemmer, a doctor with nonprofit IMA World Health in Goma, another affected city in eastern Congo, said mistrust is compounding the medical challenges of the epidemic itself.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

I would have bet anything that he was from Romania or Bukovina and that he had found his origins in the eastern Carpathians.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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