the Midwest
noun
: the northern central part of the U.S. : the Middle West
the rich farmlands of the Midwest
—often used before another nounmy Midwest childhood
Midwest cities
Examples of the Midwest in a Sentence
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Most of its more than 600 restaurants are in the Midwest and South.
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Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
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Elk reintroduction efforts elsewhere in the Midwest and Southeast continue to flourish.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 17 Apr. 2024
Seeds and Grain Turkeys amass themselves into giant winter flocks in farm country across the Midwest and Great Plains.
—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 17 Apr. 2024
The winged insects are expected to appear across the Midwest and the Southeast starting in early May, with experts estimating that more than a trillion cicadas could blanket parts of the country where the two broods overlap.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 12 Apr. 2024
Milwaukee and much of the rest of the Midwest, including parts of Minnesota, northern Illinois, northeastern Indiana, southwestern Michigan and much of Ohio, will be on the path of the 2099 eclipse, according to NASA.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2024
That may feel like deja vu to many Americans who remember the Brood X cicadas of 2021, which emerged in most of the Midwest and some eastern states.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
Beaver Island is the first International Dark Sky Sanctuary in Michigan and the second in the Midwest — along with the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Northeastern Minnesota.
—Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
At least four people were killed by falling trees in separate incidents in New York, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire on Wednesday and Thursday, as treacherous storms rolled in from the Midwest and pummeled the Northeast with heavy rain and powerful winds.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
Read Next: The Complete Guide to Hunting Elk in Eastern States
Elk reintroduction efforts elsewhere in the Midwest and Southeast continue to flourish.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 17 Apr. 2024
Seeds and Grain Turkeys amass themselves into giant winter flocks in farm country across the Midwest and Great Plains.
—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 17 Apr. 2024
The winged insects are expected to appear across the Midwest and the Southeast starting in early May, with experts estimating that more than a trillion cicadas could blanket parts of the country where the two broods overlap.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 12 Apr. 2024
Milwaukee and much of the rest of the Midwest, including parts of Minnesota, northern Illinois, northeastern Indiana, southwestern Michigan and much of Ohio, will be on the path of the 2099 eclipse, according to NASA.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2024
That may feel like deja vu to many Americans who remember the Brood X cicadas of 2021, which emerged in most of the Midwest and some eastern states.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
Beaver Island is the first International Dark Sky Sanctuary in Michigan and the second in the Midwest — along with the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Northeastern Minnesota.
—Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
At least four people were killed by falling trees in separate incidents in New York, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire on Wednesday and Thursday, as treacherous storms rolled in from the Midwest and pummeled the Northeast with heavy rain and powerful winds.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
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“The Midwest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Midwest. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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