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eastern

[ee-stern] / ˈi stərn /
ADJECTIVE
concerning the direction to the east
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After passing Taiwan's north-eastern tip and the Okinawa islands in southern Japan, Champi is expected to hover over the waters off China's eastern coast, before curving farther to the north-east to Japan's main island.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

More than 15 million people have been displaced in the 23 years of fighting, with more than 1.3 million still stranded in teeming refugee camps in eastern Chad.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Gallant is the 37-year-old openly gay Democrat running for Congress in New York’s first congressional district, out on eastern Long Island, against the Republican incumbent Nick LaLota.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

The Saudi military said it intercepted and destroyed four drones in the eastern part of its territory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

He was on a pirate ship that raided ports up and down the eastern seaboard back in the early seventeen hundreds.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein


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