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the East

NOUN
Asia


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In Calcutta, political changes led to the British government’s tea-tax strategy for bailing out the East India Co. and its unintended riling up of American tax protesters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

According to Annetta Alexandridis, associate professor of the history of art and classics in A&S, it served as "a place of cultural encounter between the East and West."

From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026

Among the areas covered by the UK red warning are the East Midlands, the east of England, London and south-east England, south-west England, Wales and the West Midlands.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026

The Massachusetts native hasn’t lived on the East Coast in years and has enjoyed traveling the country.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026

It was three o’clock in the morning; six on the East Coast.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin




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