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east

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


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"In the Middle East, the temperature is very high. In South East Asia, there is heavy rain... and in Switzerland, winter temperatures can be very, very low," says Zhang.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2026

German manufacturing orders rose in May, showing tentative signs of stabilizing despite continued uncertainty from the Middle East conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 6, 2026

The nearly 50% retracement from the end of January’s high may interest “long-term value investors,” especially as industrial demand remains relatively untroubled by recent events in the Middle East, Cawley said.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 6, 2026

Khury Petersen-Smith, the co-director of the Institute for Policy Studies’ New Internationalism Project, told Salon that the U.S. also has a long history of maintaining these sorts of “low boil” wars in the Middle East.

From Salon • Jul. 6, 2026

He got right to work, watching the East German guards, learning their schedules and routines, looking for soft spots.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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