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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A region of the eastern United States including New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and usually Delaware and Maryland.
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Examples
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"Irene wasn't a fluke and we are due for worse," said hurricane scholar Richard Schwartz in Alexandria, Va., author of "Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States" who has analyzed hurricanes dating back to the 1600s.
Northern Landfall Puts Storm on Map Robert Lee Hotz 2011
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Life was no less difficult for Loyalist families in the Middle Atlantic States.
History of American Women Maggiemac 2009
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When the New England states come in and the Middle Atlantic States come in, it may look like John Kerry has a big lead.
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Mark Donohue, 32, a shipwright from the Eastern Shore of Maryland, is hard at work making a mast from a 62-foot piece of short leaf yellow pine from South Carolina at the Middle Atlantic States section.
It’s all Folk! 2004
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Mississippi and Ohio River valleys; and in 1946, to 38 cooperators residing in the Middle Atlantic States.
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Inter-Scholastic Athletic Association of the Middle Atlantic States under whose auspices track meets and basket ball were first introduced into the capital of the nation.
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In this respect, New England showed a loss of 18.5 per cent, the Middle Atlantic States a loss of 10.5 per cent, the East North
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One heard daily in the clubs and on the golf-courses of New England and the Middle Atlantic States the remark:
Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. Charles Seymour 1924
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_ In 1859 the New England and Middle Atlantic States produced nearly three-fourths of the total manufactured products of the
Outline of the development of the internal commerce of the United States 1789-1900 Thurman William Van Metre 1922
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Middle Atlantic States; the Northern Central States were devoted primarily to the production of grain and live stock.
Outline of the development of the internal commerce of the United States 1789-1900 Thurman William Van Metre 1922
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