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western

[wes-tern] / ˈwɛs tərn /
ADJECTIVE
situated or toward the west
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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 winter brought unprecedented warmth across the western United States.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

There could be some showers around on Saturday, particularly in Scotland, Wales and western parts of England.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

The Arab world's only nuclear plant, located near the UAE's western border with Saudi Arabia, is the country's largest source of electricity and produces around a quarter of national power.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Skeptical readers couldn’t help wondering why spirits of people who had lived in places as different as eighteenth-century Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts, all sounded like a nineteenth-century Quaker abolitionist from western New York.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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