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East Coast

American  

noun

  1. the region of the U.S. bordering on the Atlantic Ocean.


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She formed farmworker ranch committees and moved to the East Coast for months to promote the union’s national grape boycott.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Speed restrictions will be in place on parts of the West Coast Main Line and East Coast Main Line, as well as routes across southern and eastern Scotland.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The shortfall was even more pronounced on the East Coast, where inventories were more than 22% lower than a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Shakur was a key figure in a hip-hop rivalry pitting the US East Coast against the West Coast.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

When the lawyer deserted the East Coast after that divorce he was a stunned human being, a twenty-nine-year-old man on the block and ready to give up.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

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