the Mideast
noun
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: the countries of northern Africa and southwestern Asia that are on or near the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea : the Near East
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China’s bloc includes Russia, much of East Asia and Central Asia, the top economies in Africa, as well as a few countries in Latin America and the Mideast.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 5 July 2025
In the absence of any major headlines out of the Mideast and Trump's Wednesday announcement of a framework for a trade deal with Vietnam, the S & P 500 and Nasdaq each advanced for the week, up 1.7% and 1.6%, respectively.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 3 July 2025
The Afghanistan debacle had helped to do in Biden, and any botching in the Mideast would have had (and could still have) negative repercussions for Trump.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
His candidacy and naïve, even cartoonish, positions on the Mideast have rightly sparked fear among Jewish New Yorkers.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 2 July 2025
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 5 July 2025
In the absence of any major headlines out of the Mideast and Trump's Wednesday announcement of a framework for a trade deal with Vietnam, the S & P 500 and Nasdaq each advanced for the week, up 1.7% and 1.6%, respectively.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 3 July 2025
The Afghanistan debacle had helped to do in Biden, and any botching in the Mideast would have had (and could still have) negative repercussions for Trump.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
His candidacy and naïve, even cartoonish, positions on the Mideast have rightly sparked fear among Jewish New Yorkers.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for the Mideast
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“The Mideast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Mideast. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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