the middle or interior part of a country.
(initial capital letter) the dialect of English spoken in the central part of England.
(initial capital letter) the dialect of English spoken in the southern parts of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, and in West Virginia, Kentucky, and eastern Tennessee, and throughout the southern Appalachians.
in or of the midland; inland.
(initial capital letter) of or relating to Midland.
a city in W Texas.
a city in central Michigan.
a town in S Ontario, in S Canada, on Georgian Bay of Lake Huron.
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Investment implications: Higher ethanol demand could support corn prices, benefiting crop processors like Archer Daniels Midland and companies tied to the biofuel supply chain, including ethanol producers such as Green Plains and REX American Resources.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
The Midland, Mich., company had previously received a payment from Nova in 2019 tied to an earlier ruling of about 1.43 billion Canadian dollars, which today is worth about $1.05 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
“Let’s stop worrying about whether we seem weird and make our stories amazing,” the actor, who grew up in conservative Midland, Texas, told the crowd.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
But its failure and subsequent liquidation caused delays in the construction of the Midland Metropolitan Hospital in Smethwick and the £335m Royal Liverpool Hospital.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
Nothing quite as dramatic as the sinking of the First National Bank of Midland had taken place for some time, but by then people had become immune to catastrophe anyway.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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