the Midwest

noun

: the northern central part of the U.S. : the Middle West

the rich farmlands of the Midwest

—often used before another noun

my Midwest childhood

Midwest cities

Examples of the Midwest in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Given the massive snowstorm that hit California this week and the blizzard-like conditions set to hit parts of the Midwest, the cold weather isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. —Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2026

The weather patterns that sweep through the Midwest leave their mark on roofs in ways that aren’t always visible from the curb. —Allison Palmer updated February 19, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2026

Midwest sees domestic migration grow for the first time since pandemic Despite the dip in international migration, the Midwest was the only region of the country where all states gained population last year, the Census Bureau reported. —Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 18 Feb. 2026

Sweeney plays Undine Spragg, a fiercely ambitious woman from the Midwest, who strives for the social heights of turn of the century New York. —Justin Kroll, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for the Midwest

• acquiesced
• coalesced
• dispossessed
• manifest
• overdressed
• overstressed
• prepossessed
• reassessed
• reinvest
• repossessed
• unaddressed
• uncompressed