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western

[wes-tern] / ˈwɛs tərn /
ADJECTIVE
situated or toward the west
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Martin channeled an Ireland he’d been steeped in through family, an expat community in London and summers and Christmases spent in his parents’ native counties with visits to the islands off the western coast.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

"For too long, Sydney has looked towards the harbour and the CBD. What this does is turn it around to where people live, to where jobs occur, to where investment occurs in western Sydney."

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

Masses of plastic pellets were found along the western coast of Denmark in September.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

This western stretch of the Columbus metropolitan area, the fastest-growing and most economically vibrant region in the Buckeye State, is not coincidentally home to its largest South Asian populations.

From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2026

Sixty B-52s, loaded with hydrogen bombs, circled the outside edges of the Soviet Union—above the Arctic Ocean north of Greenland, above the Mediterranean Sea, above the western coast of Alaska.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin


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