west wing

collocation in English

meaningsofwestandwing

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west
noun[U]
uk
/west/us
/west/
the direction in which the sun goes down in the evening, opposite to the east, or the part of an area or country that is in ...
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wing
noun[C]
uk
/wɪŋ/us
/wɪŋ/
the flat part of the body that a bird, insect, or bat uses for flying, or one of the flat, horizontal structures that stick out from the side of an aircraft and support it when it ...
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(Definition ofwestandwingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thewestwingwould be a separate project.
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It seems that it was only sometime around 1900 that a laboratory was installed on the floor above the stable in thewestwingof the old building.
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He asked about thewestwingin circumstances in which the east wing had been refurbished.
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I should like to say a few words on the newwestwing.
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Thewestwingstill remains.
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In 1920 thewestwingwas added.
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A plannedwestwingwas never built.
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It has a lowerwestwing.
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Thewestwinghas three rooms.
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In 1940, thewestwingwas completed.
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The cellars under thewestwingsurvive.
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Thewestwingcontains a single bedroom.
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In 1917 thewestwingwas added.
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The duke retained thewestwingfor agricultural uses.
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In 2008, thewestwingof the building collapsed.
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Itswestwingbuilt in at a later time.
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Thewestwingwas added between 1546 and 1547.
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Thewestwingprimarily houses elementary grade classes.
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Thewestwing, of monolithic proportions, has four storeys.
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Thewestwingincludes science and home economics classrooms.
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In 1929 work began on the three-storywestwing.
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This was the beginning of thewestwing.
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The 18th centurywestwingbecame the domestic service wing.
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