mid-Atlantic
adjective
1
: of or relating to the region of the U.S. that includes all or some of the states between New York and South Carolina
mid-Atlantic states/cities/beaches
2
: located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
mid-Atlantic islands
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This autonomous region, located roughly 1,000 miles off the mainland in the mid-Atlantic, is known for clear waters surrounding nine volcanic islands.
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Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
In addition, there can be a couple of systems along the East Coast that can spread clouds and some showers back into the Carolinas, mid-Atlantic Coast and southeast New England.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Troughs from over Canada can dive down into the United States in the summer, helping generate thunderstorms or bringing wildfires smoke down and over the mid-Atlantic and East Coast, LaMarre said.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Governors in other mid-Atlantic states, in which prices are rising because of constraints on new sources of power generation, are calling for interconnection reforms similar to those in Texas that allow projects to connect to the grid quickly.
—Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2025
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Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
In addition, there can be a couple of systems along the East Coast that can spread clouds and some showers back into the Carolinas, mid-Atlantic Coast and southeast New England.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Troughs from over Canada can dive down into the United States in the summer, helping generate thunderstorms or bringing wildfires smoke down and over the mid-Atlantic and East Coast, LaMarre said.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Governors in other mid-Atlantic states, in which prices are rising because of constraints on new sources of power generation, are calling for interconnection reforms similar to those in Texas that allow projects to connect to the grid quickly.
—Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Mid-Atlantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mid-Atlantic. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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