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western

[wes-tern] / ˈwɛs tərn /
ADJECTIVE
situated or toward the west
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In another document the unnamed "senior U.S intelligence officer" provided his first-hand account of seeing phenomena from a military helicopter in 2025 at a location listed as "western United States".

From BBC • May 22, 2026

In towns near camps in western Massachusetts, it’s not uncommon to overhear conversations about prep school wait lists and tennis programs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

The winter brought unprecedented warmth across the western United States.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Based on her hit 2018 stage play of the same name, Harris’ film is a road movie meeting a spaghetti western, with a dash of “Set It Off” gone Tarantino.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

The Taklamakan and its buried cities gave way to the western high plateaus where the ground hardened into clay, and gorges had been cut into the rock shelves.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri




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