East-West
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of East-West
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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The terminal allows Saudi crude exports to bypass the Strait of Hormuz via the kingdom’s East-West pipeline.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Saudi Aramco’s quarterly profit rose 25% to $32.5 billion, with its East-West Pipeline mitigating global energy shocks.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
“I saw that the sun rises and sets on Wilshire Boulevard because it’s a complete East-West access street,” Siegel said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
The East-West Pipeline in Saudi Arabia takes oil from fields in the east of the kingdom to the Red Sea port of Yanbu, which is on the kingdom’s west coast.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
A notable element of all these East-West rivalries was that the western rep-resentatives nearly always seemed to embody certain attributes that stood in stark contrast to those of their eastern counterparts.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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