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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Health officials in the mid-Atlantic region have recently reported a rise in hand, foot and mouth disease, or HFMD.
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Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
And cooler temperatures will move through northern Florida, parts of the Southeast, the mid-Atlantic, and the Midwest.
—Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
In the mid-Atlantic, portions of western Maryland, northwest and western Virginia also face the warning Friday.
—Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Gottschalck said that warmer-than-normal temperatures are most likely for California, the southern Great Basin, the southern Rockies, the Southwest eastward to Texas, the Southeast and the coastal mid-Atlantic.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
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Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
And cooler temperatures will move through northern Florida, parts of the Southeast, the mid-Atlantic, and the Midwest.
—Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
In the mid-Atlantic, portions of western Maryland, northwest and western Virginia also face the warning Friday.
—Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Gottschalck said that warmer-than-normal temperatures are most likely for California, the southern Great Basin, the southern Rockies, the Southwest eastward to Texas, the Southeast and the coastal mid-Atlantic.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Mid-Atlantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mid-Atlantic. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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