West Midlands

American  

noun

1. a metropolitan county in central England. 347 sq. mi. (899 sq. km).

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West Midlands British  

noun

1. (functioning as singular or plural) a metropolitan county of central England, administered since 1986 by the unitary authorities of Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley, Sandwell, Birmingham, Solihull, and Coventry. Area: 899 sq km (347 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Tributes have been paid to a former West Midlands MP who has died at the age of 92.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

West Midlands Railway, which has routes across the whole of the West Midlands, said it had increased the percentage of female trainee drivers in its workforce by nearly 9% since 2021, from 13.8% to 22.5%.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

The document states that "we understand these checks have not been requested yet by West Midlands Police".

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

But after further evidence was presented to it today by the BBC, West Midlands Police asked us to use an updated statement which did not contain the claims of "no evidence".

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Revived, after long disuse, by Langland and other poets of the West Midlands in the fourteenth century, it had soon again been swept out of fashion by the irresistible charm of the genius of Chaucer.

From English literary criticism by Various