out West
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or out west
US, informal
: in or to the western part of a country or region
He headed out west after he graduated.
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Snow will return to the Northeast after Christmas on Friday and heavy rain will dump on the Great Lakes region, while flood threats remain out West.
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Kathryn Prociv, NBC news, 23 Dec. 2025
Parts of the Texas panhandle, west-central Nebraska and other parts of Colorado and Wyoming are also under Red Flag Warnings for fire, as wind gusts may reach up to 50 mph with the dry conditions out West.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2025
South Florida will be sunny and hot, but connections up North and out West may be affected by bad weather.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 19 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, the Midwest and Northeast have been blanketed by record snow this December, a payday for skiers who usually covet conditions out West.
—Mead Gruver, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2025
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Kathryn Prociv, NBC news, 23 Dec. 2025
Parts of the Texas panhandle, west-central Nebraska and other parts of Colorado and Wyoming are also under Red Flag Warnings for fire, as wind gusts may reach up to 50 mph with the dry conditions out West.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2025
South Florida will be sunny and hot, but connections up North and out West may be affected by bad weather.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 19 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, the Midwest and Northeast have been blanketed by record snow this December, a payday for skiers who usually covet conditions out West.
—Mead Gruver, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2025
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“Out West.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out%20West. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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