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

While North America will be on the day side during the eclipse, observers in regions including the Middle East, Asia and Australia will watch the moon turn red. —Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025

Those countries include the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Israel and most of Europe, as well as a handful of countries in other regions, including Qatar in the Middle East. —Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025

This addition gives Charlotte passengers new one-stop connections to destinations across the Middle East, the Indian Subcontinent, and Asia. —Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2025

The naming of the current conflict in the Middle East presents its own issues. —Esther Brito Ruiz, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for the Middle East

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