mid-Atlantic
adjective
1
: of or relating to the region of the U.S. that includes all or some of the states between New York and South Carolina
mid-Atlantic states/cities/beaches
2
: located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
mid-Atlantic islands
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With a massive winter storm impacting the interior mid-Atlantic and New England, carriers had canceled more than 800 flights and delayed another 5,859 as of Sunday evening, Zach Wichter reports.
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Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 26 June 2024
Rip currents are anticipated to continue to be a hazard across the mid-Atlantic region until at least next weekend, Fox Weather predicted.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 25 June 2024
Last year’s Canadian blazes put 71,000 square miles of land north of the border to the torch and caused a yellow haze to descend across much of the U.S., from the Midwest to the Northeast to the mid-Atlantic states.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 25 June 2024
High temperatures were expected from South Dakota to Florida, and the heat is expected to start climbing again in the mid-Atlantic as the week goes on, even rising back toward triple digits by Wednesday.
—CBS News, 24 June 2024
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Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 26 June 2024
Rip currents are anticipated to continue to be a hazard across the mid-Atlantic region until at least next weekend, Fox Weather predicted.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 25 June 2024
Last year’s Canadian blazes put 71,000 square miles of land north of the border to the torch and caused a yellow haze to descend across much of the U.S., from the Midwest to the Northeast to the mid-Atlantic states.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 25 June 2024
High temperatures were expected from South Dakota to Florida, and the heat is expected to start climbing again in the mid-Atlantic as the week goes on, even rising back toward triple digits by Wednesday.
—CBS News, 24 June 2024
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“Mid-Atlantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mid-Atlantic. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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