western

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California was late to these measures among western states, but is now putting into effect its groundwater management law.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Ukraine's western Transcarpathia region is home to a sizeable ethnic Hungarian community.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Instead they encountered Hawikku, an adobe pueblo in what is now western New Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

In contrast, populations in the Iberian Peninsula, at the western edge of their range, may have lasted longer thanks to better-connected core areas.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

The Germans had now been pushed back over the entire western border of the USSR.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein