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eastern

[ee-stern] / ˈi stərn /
ADJECTIVE
concerning the direction to the east
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On Sunday night any clear skies will be quite limited to eastern and southern parts of England.

From BBC

Mark Davis was just 13 years old when he perished in a juvenile detention facility for Black boys in the eastern US state of Maryland some 140 years ago.

From Barron's

A former member of the jihadist group told reporters in 2019 that they were originally funded by a military intelligence unit to propagate a fundamentalist ideology in Sri Lanka's multi-ethnic eastern province.

From Barron's

Russia now controls just under 20% of Ukrainian territory but the Ukrainian military has prevented it from capturing the entirety of the eastern Donbas region.

From BBC

The so-called "nor'easter" has now moved away from the US and across coastal parts of eastern Canada, though strong winds are expected to persist, according to the National Weather Service.

From BBC