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eastern

[ee-stern] / ˈi stərn /
ADJECTIVE
concerning the direction to the east
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Earlier this year, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright used a summit to promote the Trump Peace Pipelines Framework -- a plan to expand energy infrastructure across central and eastern Europe.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard ATD -1.26%decrease; down pointing triangle plans to acquire Poland’s largest convenience retailer Zabka for about $8.7 billion to expand its footprint in central and eastern Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Supporters who had travelled to eastern Europe made it abundantly clear what they thought of their team's 2-0 first-leg defeat by Malisheva with their Conference League hopes on the brink.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

But in their quest for relief, they’ve found massive, dangerous waves and strong currents fueled by tropical cyclones from the eastern Pacific Ocean, according to the National Weather Service.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

But after a tour they took together of prisons in Siberia—the vast region of central and eastern Russia stretching from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean—Goldfarb had a better understanding of Farmer and MDR.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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