How to Use mid-Atlantic in a Sentence

mid-Atlantic

adjective
  • In the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, highs reached the 40s.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The ranges are the high pressure ridge in the mid-Atlantic and the trough of low pressure pushed by the jet stream.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
  • At the same time, cold rain will move up through the mid-Atlantic and into the Northeast by the evening.
    Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2024
  • By Tuesday evening, the storm will move up the coast, bringing heavy rain to the mid-Atlantic.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 25 Dec. 2023
  • The smoke is expected to spread through the mid-Atlantic in the coming days, as well.
    Devika Rao, The Week, 9 June 2023
  • Over the weekend, the heat wave is expected to shift east to the mid-Atlantic and the Southeast.
    Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 5 July 2024
  • Beyond its mid-Atlantic roots, the chain has a heavy footprint in the Sunbelt, as well as in Texas and the Southwest.
    Greg McKenna, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Fast-forward to Thursday and the record warmth shifts into the mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
    Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
  • There is the potential risk for hail, strong winds, heavy rain and isolated twisters for the mid-Atlantic.
    Janice Dean, Fox News, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The wind, pouring off a low-pressure zone in the mid-Atlantic, was slicing through the drizzle in the village of Blacksod.
    Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
  • As much of the U.S. contends with snow and cold weather, record warmth is expected to hit the mid-Atlantic and Southeast.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Showers were forecast to move into the Northeast and the mid-Atlantic on Sunday evening and overnight.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • More could be issued in the coming days for other parts of the Northeast and chillier spots of the mid-Atlantic.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Those in mid-Atlantic states will be striking for one day while those in western states will be striking for three days.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2023
  • On the electoral map, Harris held Pacific coastal states and north and mid-Atlantic states.
    Krista Kafer, The Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Rain and thunder will also hamper the pleasure in sections of the mid-Atlantic, Southeast, and Gulf Coast.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
  • This invasive import from Europe has been found in the mid-Atlantic and will skeletonize and strip leaves.
    Rebecca Bull Reed, Southern Living, 10 June 2024
  • But it's caught the attention of a larger audience throughout the South and mid-Atlantic.
    Heather Bien, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Showers will linger for parts of the mid-Atlantic on Saturday, but the region will slowly begin to dry out.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The rain was much needed as parts of the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast are under moderate drought conditions.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 1 May 2023
  • Millions of shorebirds migrate along the Atlantic coast, and many stop in spring, when horseshoe crabs spawn on mid-Atlantic beaches, to feed on the crabs’ eggs.
    Kristoffer Whitney, Fortune Well, 13 Oct. 2023
  • But, if that isn't enough to sway you to make the trek to St. Michaels, consider that this town of 1,020 residents is essentially the Hamptons of the mid-Atlantic.
    Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Air circulating around and between those two systems is pulling the smoke southward over the Great Lakes, the Northeast and the mid-Atlantic region.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 June 2023
  • Light to moderate rain will also move into the mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
    Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The mountain formed from the sedate shifts of the nearby mid-Atlantic ridge, where the North American and African tectonic plates slowly pull apart.
    Quanta Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
  • By Saturday, all areas from the mid-Atlantic to the Northeast should finally see a reprieve as a wind shift pushes the smoke away.
    NBC News, 8 June 2023
  • By Tuesday, the system will set up with the potential for an active day of severe weather from the Appalachians to the mid-Atlantic.
    Jj Hensley, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023
  • On celluloid, it had been masked by the traditional mid-Atlantic twang.
    K.j. Yossman, Variety, 23 Nov. 2023
  • By Tuesday, the cold snap will bring chillier weather to much of the Northeast and mid-Atlantic, where temperatures soared into the 70s and 80s over the weekend.
    Nidhi Sharma, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Record highs were forecast from the mid-Atlantic states down through Florida, with some places expected to reach up to 40 degrees above normal.
    Amancai Biraben and Jim Salter, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Feb. 2023

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