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Mideast

American  
[mid-eest] / ˈmɪdˈist /

noun

  1. Middle East.


Mideast British  
/ ˌmɪdˈiːst /

noun

  1. another name for Middle East

"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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Etymology

Origin of Mideast

First recorded in 1940–45; mid- + east

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A chip-stock rebound lost steam Monday as artificial-intelligence anxieties and Mideast tensions weighed on markets.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

What will play a big part in his thinking is how the situation in the Mideast unfolds.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

The IMF pointed to the unsettled nature of the Mideast conflict and also alluded to a possible backlash against artificial intelligence that damages stock markets.

From MarketWatch Jul. 8, 2026

Travel demand from the region has started to stabilize despite the conflict, as May Mideast arrivals fell only 1.9% on year, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

It later became an adoption agency, the finest in the Mideast.

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen

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