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western

[wes-tern] / ˈwɛs tərn /
ADJECTIVE
situated or toward the west
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On Sunday, two Bell helicopters collided while operating on the western outskirts of Athens, killing a Danish pilot and his Greek co-pilot.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

This was particularly the case in western Altadena, where alerts came hours after the blaze started and almost all of the Eaton fire’s 19 deaths took place.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Scotland, Northern Ireland and western Britain will experience cloudier skies with outbreaks of rain as low pressure slowly moves across Ireland.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

“I still consider the game something played by women of older generations,” said Lauren Perlin, co-executive director of Camps Airy and Louise in western Maryland.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

In fact, the Meadow River Lumber Company operated the world’s largest sawmill not too far away, along the Meadow River between the Sewell and Simms Mountains, at the western edge of Greenbrier County.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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