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• In the 1800s, thousands of homesteaders settled on the prairies of the western US.
• The Rockies are a mountain range in the western USA.
• In western Europe, a seven- to eight-hour working day is about the average.
• The western edge of the desert is home to many rare species of plants.
• He was an officer on the western front.

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• The book discusses the impact of Christian thinking on western society.
• His work explores the influence of Chinese philosophy on western thought.
• Western culture is viewed with suspicion in parts of Asia.
• Parts of the country are beginning to embrace western culture.
• He argued that many western values were antithetical to the teachings of Islam.

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• John Ford's westerns celebrated the grandeur of the American landscape.
• Westerns often deal with the conflict between outlaws and the defenders of law and order.
• Most westerns are set in the late 1800s.
• The cinema is showing a season of westerns next month.
• The western is his favourite movie genre.