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  • proper noun A county in south east England bordered by Kent, Surrey, West Sussex and the English Channel.

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  • noun a county in southern England on the English Channel

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Examples

  • When Berkshire tried calling East Sussex, it just said the service was shut.

    The Guardian World News Polly Toynbee 2011

  • The Sun, which compiled the figures using Government information, found the most perilous route for fines was a 12-mile stretch of seafront in Brighton, East Sussex, which is lined with 11 cameras that caught 18,045 drivers in three years.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Andy Bloxham 2011

  • The Sun, which compiled the figures using Government information, found the most perilous route for fines was a 12-mile stretch of seafront in Brighton, East Sussex, which is lined with 11 cameras that caught 18,045 drivers in three years.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Andy Bloxham 2011

  • The Sun, which compiled the figures using Government information, found the most perilous route for fines was a 12-mile stretch of seafront in Brighton, East Sussex, which is lined with 11 cameras that caught 18,045 drivers in three years.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Andy Bloxham 2011

  • The 64-year-old man was discovered at the bottom of the cliffs at the East Sussex beauty spot after an abandoned car was found by a member of the public.

    Two people found dead near Beachy Head in apparent murder suicide 2011

  • • A piece about the condition of UK beaches mentioned that in 2010 three of them – Blackpool North, Tywyn in Wales and Newhaven in East Sussex – were closed because of worries over water quality.

    Corrections and clarifications 2011

  • "I don't think he Cameron is stressing to the public just how serious the situation is, how much debt there is," said the former local government politician from East Sussex.

    Cameron Defends Austerity Measures Alistair MacDonald 2011

  • Mr and Mrs Doak's Bumper Bookshop35 Grove Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 4TT, 01323 737110Blessed with one of the best names for any shop anywhere and actually owned by a Mr and Mrs Doak, this children's bookshop has a 1950s-flavoured cafe featuring homemade cakes, milkshakes and sarsaparilla.

    Independent bookshops in south-east England 2011

  • When John Christie first hatched plans to launch an opera festival at his East Sussex mansion 80 years ago, he had a clear model in mind—the Wagnerian shrine of Bayreuth.

    Glyndebourne's Epic Adventure Guy Chazan 2011

  • • A piece about the condition of UK beaches mentioned that in 2010 three of them – Blackpool North, Tywyn in Wales and Newhaven in East Sussex – were closed because of worries over water quality.

    Corrections and clarifications 2011

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