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eastern

[ee-stern] / ˈi stərn /
ADJECTIVE
concerning the direction to the east
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Iraq is playing Norway at 6 Eastern, so tune in to watch Erling Haaland—one of the planet’s best goal scorers, who also happens to be a comically large human being.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2026

Eastern on Wednesday in France after wrapping up Group of 7 meetings there.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

But when the Knicks won the Eastern Conference to reach their first Finals in 27 years, Rose broke down in tears courtside.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

Although at least three other crocodile species lived farther south in the Eastern Rift Valley, Crocodylus lucivenator appears to have had the Hadar region largely to itself.

From Science Daily • Jun. 13, 2026

But a smaller group of Allies had been helping each other out on the Eastern Front in Russia for some time now.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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