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eastern

[ee-stern] / ˈi stərn /
ADJECTIVE
concerning the direction to the east
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Police in Austria's eastern Burgenland region are seeking information from the public about the issue, HiPP said.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Living in the eastern United States between 83 million and 76 million years ago, Deinosuchus schwimmeri was a school-bus-sized relative of modern alligators that preyed on dinosaurs.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

The roughly 1,000-mile-long pipeline began operations in 1950, connecting oilfields of eastern Saudi Arabia to the port of Sidon in Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

She was a retired former post office worker living in one of the poorest districts in the country near Hungary’s eastern border with Romania.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

The eastern horizon was glowing a deep red when the last snowflake fell.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young