Arab
noun
a member of a Semitic people inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East.
Arabs
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pluralof Arab.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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While Arabs account for a significant share of all eligible voters, turnout has historically hovered between 45% and 65%, compared with about 73% among Jews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Arabs within the SDF's ranks also defected en masse after Sharaa's army took control of two previously Kurdish-held provinces, Raqa and Deir Ezzor, leaving them at half their strength, according to Syria specialist Fabrice Balanche.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
The SDF amassed around 100,000 fighters at its peak, both Kurds and Arabs, and controlled swathes of Syria's oil-rich north and northeast.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
The Gulf Arabs are dismayed by what has happened.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
For generations thereafter, the Arabs recounted the legend of a boy who had turned himself into the wind, almost destroying a military camp, in defiance of the most powerful chief in the desert.
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
