western frontier

collocation in English

meaningsofwesternandfrontier

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western
adjective
uk
/ˈwes.tən/us
/ˈwes.tɚn/
in or from the west of ...
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frontier
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfrʌn.tɪər/us
/frʌnˈtɪr/
a border between ...
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(Definition ofwesternandfrontierfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Evidently, the events across the border were reviving dormant resentments throughout thewesternfrontierlands.
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Nowhere were these questions and paradoxes more evident than on thewesternfrontier.
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The second half of the 1960s indeed saw a steady infusion of outside information that pushed the political envelope on thewesternfrontier.
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Despite the consternation that engulfed the region, thewesternfrontierdid not erupt in the way in which it had some twelve years earlier.
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Indeed, the 1968 crisis raised several key questions for the polity, and as always, thewesternfrontieroffered the greatest series of challenges.
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It was a time and set of circumstances that turned thewesternfrontierfrom a passive observer into an active participant in international politics.
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This leads to nihilism in thewesternfrontier.
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They were used in patrolling thewesternfrontier.
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The regiment was assigned to thewesternfrontier.
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We are quite prepared to agree if you give us a free hand on ourwesternfrontier.
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The building was typical ofwesternfrontierarchitecture of the late 19th century.
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It is the shortest (route) from ourwesternfrontierby 300 miles, being nearly directly west.
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He was assigned towesternfrontierduty until 1846, when he was promoted to first lieutenant.
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There is a sandy belt along the coast, and thewesternfrontieris slightly mountainous.
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When he started writing, he naturally inclined towards fiction set on thewesternfrontier.
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During the war, the city attracted many refugees from thewesternfrontier.
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Contractor for furnishing supplies to troops on thewesternfrontierin 1819 and 1820.
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One level of its expansion pack, however, is set in awesternfrontiertown.
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Its original purpose was to keep the peace on what was then thewesternfrontier.
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He made an exploratory trip to thewesternfrontierin 1784.
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He ended his military service in 1782, and was rewarded with of land on thewesternfrontier.
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For farmers on thewesternfrontier, such a journey was expensive, time-consuming, and beyond their means.
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The tax was resisted by farmers in thewesternfrontierregions who were long accustomed to distilling their surplus grain and corn into whiskey.
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Continued settlement of thewesternfrontier, along with the establishment of territorial constitutions, allowed the issue to be raised continually at the state level.
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Railways would not build across thewesternfrontierwithout settlement as it would be too costly to provide train service across a barren wilderness.
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