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east

[eest] / ist /
ADJECTIVE
situated to the east
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
west


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The Metropolitan Police said it had been called by London Ambulance Service to reports of an unconscious man on Lincoln Plaza, Canary Wharf in east London, on Wednesday, at 12:38 GMT.

From BBC

"The fighting must stop," says UN aid chief Tom Fletcher during a visit to South Sudan, where a new conflict is breaking out in the country's east.

From Barron's

As the tectonic plates shifted, the crust in this region was pulled apart and fractured, opening progressively from east to west, much like a zipper being undone.

From Science Daily

The leagues first took root in east Belfast, where people associated with the Harland and Wolff shipyard were among the first to compete.

From BBC

My earliest years were spent in the Somerset neighborhood of Bellevue, Wash., about 20 minutes east of Seattle.

From The Wall Street Journal