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western | American Dictionary

western
noun[ C ]
us/ˈwes·tərn/
a movie based on stories about life in the part of the US west of the Mississippi River when white people began going there to live in the 19th century
western
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ˈwes·tərn/(abbreviationW.)
lying toward, facing, or coming from the west:
Grand Rapids is in the western part of Michigan.

Examples of western

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They strongly pointed out that their primary preference is popular music and placed western classical music at a lower level.
But duets were a relatively late invention in the history of country and western singing.
For example, the perceived antigovernment stance of the western states is a staple assumption of western history and political studies.
In the western bays the pairs of carved winged angels are expressive and sublime.
Western donor aid agencies must justify their programmes to legislatures and citizens back home.
In the political economy of the western states toward the end of the nineteenth century we see the less-advanced politics and economics of uneven development.
The principal protagonists were the students and the agitation was limited to the western side of the city.
It is this infamous notion of the ' abandonment ' of older people by their families that has been prominent in the western gerontological debate.
This is the materially based civilization of the western world.
In contrast, most of the pro-government marches originated from the poorer, western half of the city.
The children of the daughters grew up in an era of increased western influence and consumerism but also economic instability.
A delicate and multifaceted interplay between western and eastern cultural orientations continued, however, throughout.
These works have always enjoyed popularity, though western critics have so far shown little interest.
Theoretical diversity also matches the substantive diversity of contemporary western politics, which is (despite the editors stated contrary intention) the primary focus of this encyclopedia.
He contested the notion that western civilisation was pillared upon its dominant faith and that it was the sole repository of truth.
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