the Midwest

noun

: the northern central part of the U.S. : the Middle West

the rich farmlands of the Midwest

—often used before another noun

my Midwest childhood

Midwest cities

Examples of the Midwest in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While the midnight sun washes out celestial colors during summer in places like Alaska and Finland, the Midwest's summer nights stay dark enough to enjoy the dancing ribbons in a T-shirt and shorts. —Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025

Candy Corn saw its strongest support in the Midwest and South, where states like Alabama, Kansas, Mississippi, and Nebraska purchased the striped seasonal treat at significantly higher rates than the national average. —Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2025

Tornadoes, hail and flash flooding could slam areas from Ohio to Texas this weekend as a cold front forms across the Midwest and South. —Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2025

Penney, a fifth-round pick by the Detroit Tigers in 2024, won the Midwest League championship with the West Michigan Whitecaps, a High-A affiliate of the Tigers. —Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for the Midwest

• acquiesced
• coalesced
• dispossessed
• manifest
• overdressed
• overstressed
• prepossessed
• reassessed
• reinvest
• repossessed
• unaddressed
• uncompressed