East-West
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of East-West
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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“You have to, of course, make sure you have enough fluid first — water is key,” says Dr. Ka-Kit Hui, director of UCLA’s Center for East-West Medicine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Saudi Arabia has kept crude exports flowing by sending more oil west across the kingdom through Aramco’s East-West Pipeline to Yanbu, bypassing the Strait of Hormuz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Aramco said it maintained business continuity during the disruption by relying on its East-West Pipeline, storage capacity and export terminals, allowing it to sustain production and exports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Saudi Arabia said recently that its East-West pipeline, which sends energy exports to a port in the Red Sea, had reached its maximum capacity of 7 million barrels a day.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 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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