the Middle East

noun

: the countries of northern Africa and southwestern Asia that are on or near the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea : the Near East

Examples of the Middle East in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The virus has been found throughout Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, several areas in Africa and, most recently, the U.S. —Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024

If Eurovision really does hold up a political mirror to Europe, then the reality is that the contest and continent are both divided over the Middle East — and Eurovision’s place in it all. —Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2024

On Wednesday, the Doral City Council decided to weigh in on the continuing violence in the Middle East — but very carefully. —Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024

Likely bidders for the property include large institutional investors such as Blackstone Inc. and BlackRock, and cash-rich overseas sovereign wealth funds from the Middle East, Asia and Europe, property broker Mark Tarczynski said. —Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024

Its ambitions come as the US increasingly scrutinizes the Middle East’s ties to China, over worries that countries like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates could serve as conduits for Beijing to access technology that Chinese firms are blocked from buying from the US. —TIME, 8 May 2024

Dubai is far and away the wealthiest city in the Middle East, having grown its population of millionaires by 78% over the past 10 years. —Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 8 May 2024

That cushion may not be wide enough given the manifold threats menacing the U.S. economy (elevated commodity prices, sticky inflation, the unbridled rise of federal debt, boiling tensions in the Middle East and Asia, to name a few). —Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 May 2024

SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service is looking to officially launch in Yemen, a country in the Middle East embroiled in a decade-long, ongoing civil war. —Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 1 May 2024