How to Use the Midwest in a Sentence

the Midwest

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  • She’s lived in the Northeast, the South, and the Midwest.
    — Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 May 2024
  • Most of its more than 600 restaurants are in the Midwest and South.
    — Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
  • In the Midwest, the problem this month wasn’t the heat of a fire, but a freezing cold snap.
    — John Fund, National Review, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Those least likely to say so were in the Midwest (19%).
    — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
  • As the graphic above shows, the eclipse will begin in the Midwest at 12:37 p.m.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2024
  • There are tornadoes in the Midwest, rain in the East, heat in the South and Southwest.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2024
  • In the Midwest, it's expected to be sunny, with a cool breeze and highs in the 40s.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2023
  • These rates were lowest in the West and highest in Appalachia and parts of the South and the Midwest, the data showed.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Two sportsbooks that cater to the Midwest moved their number down to 126.5.
    — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Like last year, all ten most affordable lake towns are in the Midwest, South, and the East Coast.
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2024
  • Granted, this is the Midwest; the weather has a mind of its own and could surprise us.
    — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The American Club is one of the top hotels in the Midwest, and for good reason.
    — Alyssa Girdwain, Women's Health, 7 Apr. 2023
  • And parts of the Midwest that were seen as climate havens have seen extreme rain, too.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Some of the flooding that's impacting the Midwest and the Northeast is due to the heavy rain on top of snow melt and ice jams.
    — Max Golembo, ABC News, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Those include the majority of the states in the South as well as a handful of states in the Midwest.
    — Stepheny Price, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Haze and smoke from the wildfires will push east into the Plains and the Midwest on Monday and Tuesday.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 30 July 2024
  • The report found that parts of the Great Plains and the Midwest are projected to warm by more than 3 degrees.
    — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2024
  • This snowstorm comes as some of the coldest air of the season hits the Midwest, Great Lakes and Northeast.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 28 Nov. 2023
  • In-state tuition rates rank among the most affordable in the Midwest.
    — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2024
  • Xavier will now face No. 2 Texas on Friday in the Midwest bracket.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The greatest increase has been in the South, followed by the West, with smaller growth in the Midwest and Northeast.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Wisconsin and most of the Midwest will again see a partial eclipse.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2024
  • This year, the company plans to add 12 more restaurants in the Midwest and Southwest.
    — Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Once introduced, the trees took hold first in the southern states, then spread into the Midwest.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The damage was part of flooding that hit the Midwest last weekend and early this week.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
  • In the Midwest, 80 unique breeding pairs were counted across all five Great Lakes with a total of 85 nests.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 Nov. 2023
  • But Madison certainly isn’t the only place in the Midwest to ride on bike trails.
    — Brian E. Clark, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2023
  • These sandy shores in the Midwest are perfect for a summer getaway.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2024
  • This book—which tours readers through projects from Texas, mountain country, the Midwest, and more—is not just a study of the work Hunt has contributed to the field.
    — Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The Harris campaign is leaving nothing to chance in the Midwest in the final days of the presidential race and has been putting every celebrity and national politician available on the road.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024

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