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

On the Middle East conflict, the two leaders agreed that Iran ​should fulfil its commitment not to develop nuclear weapons, and that no country or entity should impose transit tolls on international waterways. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026

Gatica borrowed the symbology from Lebanese poet and artist Etel Adnan, whose paintings employ the simple lines of a sun, the sea, and mountains but whose poetry is deeply engaged with political violence in the Middle East. — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 28 Sep. 2026

In 1975, during that decade's great oil supply shock, Congress enacted rules that encouraged carmakers to make their fleets more fuel efficient in an effort to reduce Americans' dependency on the Middle East for oil. — Willa Rubin, NPR, 28 Sep. 2026

Fighting has curtailed refinery production and fuel exports from the Middle East, while Ukrainian strikes have damaged Russian refineries. — Rio Yamat, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the Middle East

• beast
• ceased
• creased
• feast
• fleeced
• geest
• greased
• leased
• least
• pieced
• priest
• yeast