western

Example Sentences

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Heading into the harvesting season for the key winter wheat crop, much of the western side of the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

With rail access to Churchill through southern Manitoba, the town has a direct travel path to resource-rich western Canada.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Ukraine's western Transcarpathia region is home to a sizeable ethnic Hungarian community.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

"In western areas, the arrival of Homo sapiens may have added further stress, especially for Neanderthal populations that were already demographically vulnerable," said Burke.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

It was late afternoon now, and the sun was a vivid orange—nearly red—as it began to sink lower in the western sky.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan