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western

[wes-tern] / ˈwɛs tərn /
ADJECTIVE
situated or toward the west
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The BBC was able to see the results at an undisclosed police storehouse in western Germany.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Driving north from Melides toward the town of Comporta, through the western reaches of Portugal’s Alentejo region, I passed expansive rice fields, forests of umbrella pines and clusters of whitewashed homes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

She has asked to watch the appeal by live video link from her prison, the maximum-security Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in Melbourne's western suburbs.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

The USS George Washington, the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, is being pulled from the western Pacific and sent toward the Middle East to replace the Lincoln.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

Natrona sat on the western bluff of the Allegheny River northeast of Pittsburgh.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell




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