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 show followed Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddleston), a former British military officer who goes undercover to help take down Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie), a cunning, amoral arms dealer helping to destabilize the Middle East.
—
Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, Iran’s network of allies across the Middle East has been severely weakened.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
Over the past decade and a half, millions from the Middle East, North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, and South Asia arrived amid successive crises in Syria, Libya, Afghanistan, and beyond.
—Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
Middle East efforts In Bulgaria, Mladenov held the position of defense minister for a year, before serving as foreign minister from 2010-13, during the uprisings in the Middle East known as the Arab Spring when Syria also descended into civil war.
—Veselin Toshkov, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for the Middle East
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, Iran’s network of allies across the Middle East has been severely weakened.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
Over the past decade and a half, millions from the Middle East, North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, and South Asia arrived amid successive crises in Syria, Libya, Afghanistan, and beyond.
—Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
Middle East efforts In Bulgaria, Mladenov held the position of defense minister for a year, before serving as foreign minister from 2010-13, during the uprisings in the Middle East known as the Arab Spring when Syria also descended into civil war.
—Veselin Toshkov, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for the Middle East
Cite this Entry
“The Middle East.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Middle%20East. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
