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Middle Eastern

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adjective

  1. of or relating to the Middle East or its inhabitants

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The answer depends on a different Middle Eastern country: Iran.

From Slate Jul. 23, 2026

U.S. presidents have long sought to prevent Middle Eastern countries from acquiring technologies that could be used to build weapons of mass destruction.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

Middle Eastern crude is mostly what traders call medium sour grade, and before the war most of it found its way to refineries in Asia.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

With Iran trying to sell oil at close to the international oil benchmark and above some other Middle Eastern producers, buyers are waiting for Tehran to cut its prices again, Reed said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

On the one hand, knowing that these two police officers had not purposely hunted and arrested a man because he was Middle Eastern gave them some comfort.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

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