East-West

American  

[eest-west] / ˈistˈwɛst /

adjective

1. occurring between the East and the West, especially, formerly, occurring between the Soviet Union and the U.S..

   East-West trade; East-West relations.

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Etymology

Origin of East-West

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

“This reflects the rerouting of some Saudi oil output into the East-West Pipeline,” said Molchanov.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

On at least four occasions over the past decade, most recently in 2022, Houthi forces in Yemen — who are allied with Iran — struck targets around the East-West pipeline.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

Earlier this month, Saudi Arabia said it would expand the East-West pipeline’s capacity to its maximum 7 million barrels a day, with about 2 million going to domestic consumption.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

The Saudi East-West pipeline and a few others in the region can reroute some of that product, but not the majority of it.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 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