How to Use back East in a Sentence

back East

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  • The Nets then come back East and visit Chicago on Jan. 12.
    Tim Reynolds, ajc, 3 Jan. 2022
  • At that time, like most states back East, school didn’t start until the Tuesday after Labor Day.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The Niners returned home following back-to-back road wins back East but struggled to slow down Rodgers.
    BostonGlobe.com, 27 Sep. 2021
  • The lone victory for this horse was on dirt going a mile back East under trainer Wesley Ward.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2021
  • The Niners have experience spending one week on the road, having done it between games back East the past two seasons.
    Josh Dubow, Star Tribune, 1 Dec. 2020
  • The postal system played a crucial role in keeping settlers in the West connected to relatives back East as well as to merchants in nearby towns.
    Marc Levinson, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Seeing my puppy play with dogs around the country and introducing him to my family back East.
    Olivia Harrison, refinery29.com, 30 July 2020
  • Here was an Angeleno whose literary reputation not only remained intact, but made erudite intellectual giants back East cower and genuflect.
    Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country, 5 Jan. 2022

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