Mideast

[ mid-eest ]

/ ˈmɪdˈist /

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noun

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Origin of Mideast

First recorded in 1940–45; mid- + east

OTHER WORDS FROM Mideast

Mideastern, adjective

Words nearby Mideast

middling, middlings, Middx, middy, middy blouse, Mideast, midengine, midfield, midfielder, mid-flight, Midgard

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How to use Mideast in a sentence

The spearpoint spread, appearing 300,000 years ago in East Africa and the Mideast, then 250,000 years ago in Europe, wielded by Neanderthals.
How a Handful of Prehistoric Geniuses Launched Humanity’s Technological Revolution|Nicholas R. Longrich|January 7, 2022|Singularity Hub
A small collection of bones from a site in the Mideast seems to have a mix of archaic and Neanderthal-like features, suggesting that the bones may be related to the source of archaic DNA in the Neanderthal lineage.
The human family tree keeps getting more complicated|John Timmer|June 24, 2021|Ars Technica
You can tell a program has had a long NCAA tournament drought when it played in the Mideast bracket in its previous appearance.
NCAA tournament bracketology: The bubble might be worse than ever this year. No, really.|Patrick Stevens|January 20, 2021|Washington Post
The idea was to prevent Beijing from dominating the region as an energy exporter while weakening the influence of Mideast countries and Russia.
It’s His Land. Now a Canadian Company Gets to Take It.|by Lee van der Voo for ProPublica|October 1, 2020|ProPublica

And the reasons for that suggest just how densely complicated the Mideast quagmire has become.
Obama’s Arab Backers May Draw the U.S. Deep Into the Mideast Quagmire|Jamie Dettmer|September 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Mideast expert Schanzer also sees the fight required as a huge undertaking.
Obama's Iraq-Syria Dilemma: No Force Now on the Ground Can Beat ISIS|Jamie Dettmer|August 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The usually uninformed American citizens can be forgiven for being mystified by the Mideast policy prescriptions of their leaders.
Here's How to Dig Out of This 'Stupid Sh*t' U.S. Foreign Policy|Leslie H. Gelb|August 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Six hundred years of Mideast history are now fully and finally shredding.
Here’s What the U.S. Has to Do to Deal With the Mad Middle East|Leslie H. Gelb|July 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now ISIS controls one third of a state in the Mideast, and is plotting attacks against America.
Blame The Obama Doctrine For Iraq|Stuart Gottlieb|June 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for Mideast

Mideast

/ (ˌmɪdˈiːst) /

noun

mainly US another name for Middle East

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