West Midlands

American  

noun

1. a metropolitan county in central England. 347 sq. mi. (899 sq. km).

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West Midlands British  

noun

1. (functioning as singular or plural) a metropolitan county of central England, administered since 1986 by the unitary authorities of Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley, Sandwell, Birmingham, Solihull, and Coventry. Area: 899 sq km (347 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

It is the latest disruption to hit the West Midlands manufacturer, after a major cyber attack forced it to shut down its computer networks for several weeks last year.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Zia Yusuf, Reform UK spokesperson for home affairs, said the reports were "sickening" and described West Midlands Police's initial claim of no evidence as a "complete collapse of duty".

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

A male undercover researcher also visited a mini-mart elsewhere in the West Midlands, where we were told vapes were being sold to children.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

A West Midlands Police spokesman initially said: "There is currently no evidence to substantiate these claims of child sexual exploitation connected to shops in Dudley."

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Revived, after long disuse, by Langland and other poets of the West Midlands in the fourteenth century, it had soon again been swept out of fashion by the irresistible charm of the genius of Chaucer.

From English literary criticism by Various