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western

[wes-tern] / ˈwɛs tərn /
ADJECTIVE
situated or toward the west
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But millions of pounds unrefrigerated food, mostly meat and seafood, remain in the western freezer, which was unaffected by the blaze.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Aug. 14 through 16: Venus reaches its greatest eastern elongation and glows low in the western sky after sunset.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

Even when the record veers from its characters, strong thematic threads—many of which are borrowed from western epics of yore—remain.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

It warned of hot volcanic debris flows down Fuego's slopes, with communities on the western and southern flanks at the greatest risk.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

This was one of the main shipping routes between the eastern and western Mediterranean, and it was also an extremely dangerous body of water, filled with shoals, sandbars, and suddenly shifting currents.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler




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