the Near East
noun
: the countries of northern Africa and southwestern Asia that are on or near the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea
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The Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood has also been in the news in recent days due to the Israeli government’s move to seize and demolish the site housing a key compound belonging to UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
The Halafians may have developed this form of mathematical reasoning — based on the progressive doubling of numbers — in response to managing village communities that had existed in the Near East for some 4,000 years and had become economically complex, the researchers said.
—Jasmin Sykes, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026
Investigators believe Spencer, 37, and Monique, 39, were fatally shot between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. on Dec. 30 in their home located in the Near East Side neighborhood of downtown Columbus, local police said.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
For example, pigs were domesticated in the Near East over 10,000 years ago.
—Logan Kistler, The Conversation, 24 Nov. 2025
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
The Halafians may have developed this form of mathematical reasoning — based on the progressive doubling of numbers — in response to managing village communities that had existed in the Near East for some 4,000 years and had become economically complex, the researchers said.
—Jasmin Sykes, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026
Investigators believe Spencer, 37, and Monique, 39, were fatally shot between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. on Dec. 30 in their home located in the Near East Side neighborhood of downtown Columbus, local police said.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
For example, pigs were domesticated in the Near East over 10,000 years ago.
—Logan Kistler, The Conversation, 24 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the Near East
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