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eastern

[ee-stern] / ˈi stərn /
ADJECTIVE
concerning the direction to the east
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Several international mediation efforts in eastern DRC, where a myriad of armed groups are active, have failed.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

El Niño, a climate pattern characterized by warmer ocean waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, is already causing sea levels to rise off the coast of Latin America.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

He said previous agreements had failed as they did not tackle "the root cause" of the conflict, namely the continued presence in eastern DRC of Hutu militants linked to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

On Tuesday, Hunt Oil, another U.S. wildcatter with a long history of working in far-off jurisdictions, signed a production-sharing agreement with Venezuela to help pump oil from two fields on the country’s eastern flank.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Nali had simply placed a large bowl on top of a wooden stump next to the Cleaning tank on the eastern side of the chaha’oh and called it the washing area.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young




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