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eastern

[ee-stern] / ˈi stərn /
ADJECTIVE
concerning the direction to the east
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Sherpas are an ethnic group who live primarily in eastern Nepal and nearly all share the last name “Sherpa.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

A rare eastern imperial eagle has been rescued from animal traffickers and released back into the wild in Serbia after months in captivity.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

Tibetans view swaths of China as their homeland, including the county of Kardze in Sichuan province on the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau where Lobga was born.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Another video showed a journalist being chased by a crowd in the eastern city of Patna.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

On the eastern horizon, just above the distant blackness of the High Mountains, he found it: the starry shoulder of the Great Auroch.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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