1
Eastern
: of, relating to, or characteristic of a region conventionally designated East
2
Eastern
a
: of, relating to, or being the Christian churches originating in the church of the Eastern Roman Empire
b
3
a
: lying toward the east
b
: coming from the east
an eastern wind
Examples of eastern in a Sentence
They live in the eastern part of the state.
the eastern shore of the river
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Her own journey to restore her health through Western medicine and Eastern wisdom and love of alternative therapies led her to abandon her successful banking career and retrain in the Traditional Chinese Medicine which had helped her.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026
The top 10 of that list was split evenly, with five goalies per conference, but several of the Western netminders — Oettinger, Jordan Binnington, Juuse Saros and Dustin Wolf — had down seasons while several top Eastern goalies — Swayman, Thompson and Sorokin — had the best season of their careers.
—Jesse Granger, New York Times, 6 May 2026
Christians make up around a third of Lebanon’s 5 million people, giving the small nation on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean the largest percentage of Christians in the Middle East.
—ABC News, 6 May 2026
By the time totality begins, the sun will already be sinking toward the western horizon — around 10 degrees high in the northwest and dropping to just a few degrees in eastern regions.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 6 May 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026
The top 10 of that list was split evenly, with five goalies per conference, but several of the Western netminders — Oettinger, Jordan Binnington, Juuse Saros and Dustin Wolf — had down seasons while several top Eastern goalies — Swayman, Thompson and Sorokin — had the best season of their careers.
—Jesse Granger, New York Times, 6 May 2026
Christians make up around a third of Lebanon’s 5 million people, giving the small nation on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean the largest percentage of Christians in the Middle East.
—ABC News, 6 May 2026
By the time totality begins, the sun will already be sinking toward the western horizon — around 10 degrees high in the northwest and dropping to just a few degrees in eastern regions.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 6 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for eastern
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“Eastern.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eastern. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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