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western

adjective as in situated or toward the west

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Last year, a study found an average of 132 small pieces of plastic literally rained down onto each square meter of public lands in the western United States every year.

The snow has let up quite a bit in our far western suburbs, and will continue to do so from west to east during the next hour or so, possibly mixing with or changing to rain as it does.

A trip to Provence and the Riviera might start at the western end of that stretch, in the Roman city of Arles, where Van Gogh first lived after leaving Paris.

Bill postponed the western swing album and released “Acoustic,” a collection of 20 acoustic songs by Eva.

“Every day we have new rules, new guidelines, and it’s a struggle,” said Shelly Dunham, CEO of Okeene Municipal Hospital in western Oklahoma.

Their friendship began when Krauss, who was chairman of the physics department at Case Western in Cleveland, sought out Epstein.

In their past calls for attacks on Western targets, AQAP has focused on putting bombs on planes, not revenge attacks.

This time it would be the biggest mistake for the Western press to repeat that—absolutely the biggest mistake.

“You are applying Western metrics to someone who is not using that metric against you,” referring to ISIS, Bolger said.

Although he brings a Western spin to things, he seems equally inspired by the local sense of style.

But this alliance is rotten, and cannot endure; the Western men are no partizans of slavery.

The scene and field of that learning hitherto has been, in our Western communities, the University.

I started for it once, but never even reached the western boundaries of New York.

We were once more at the western door; Madame crossed herself again; we went out.

In our western communities the dangers to the intellectual nexus lie rather on the other side.

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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to western, such as: westerly, westward, facing west, westbound, westernly, and westernmost.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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