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eastern

[ee-stern] / ˈi stərn /
ADJECTIVE
concerning the direction to the east
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Arizona’s 6th Congressional District is anchored in eastern Tucson and its suburbs, sprawling north toward Phoenix, east to New Mexico and south all the way to the U.S.-Mexico border.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

On Sunday morning the areas most at risk of seeing dense fog patches are parts of the Midlands, east Wales and eastern England.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Compared with neighboring areas such as Iberia in south-western Europe or Athens in the eastern Mediterranean, archaeological evidence was often fragmentary.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

At one Ukrainian battalion fighting on the eastern front, soldiers and officers agreed to take down all American flags and other insignia during the past two weeks, said a commander in the unit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

There was too much promised of eastern Montana.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson


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