eastern

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The facility in eastern China is the size of 18 football fields and houses several monumental new machines, including the so-called electromagnetic-compatibility lab—a huge room lined with spikes for minimizing interference when testing electronics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Wet weather will be welcomed by many gardeners and growers, particularly in southern and eastern England where it has been a very dry few months.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

Dorcas Mapenzi fears the worst if Ebola comes to the Kingonze camp, where she lives alongside more than 25,000 other displaced people in the conflict-hit eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

El Nino is a natural climate phenomenon that warms surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, bringing worldwide changes in winds, pressure and rainfall patterns.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Pentatonic scales are often associated with eastern Asia, but many other music traditions also use them.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones