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 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.
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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
The Assyrians ruled much of the Near East from the 9th to the 7th centuries B.C., before Nineveh, their capital, fell.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2025
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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
The Assyrians ruled much of the Near East from the 9th to the 7th centuries B.C., before Nineveh, their capital, fell.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the Near East
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