midsize

adjective

mid·​size ˈmid-ˌsīz How to pronounce midsize (audio)
variants or less commonly midsized
: of intermediate size
a midsize car

Examples of midsize in a Sentence

the midsize company was finding it increasingly difficult to compete with the corporate giants
Recent Examples on the Web The new fees apply to the majority of the hundreds of thousands of small and midsize businesses that sell goods on Amazon in the U.S., and that already pay Amazon to store and ship goods on their behalf through a program known as FBA, or Fulfillment by Amazon. Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024 Ford is adjusting its hybrid strategy, dropping a pair of midsize SUVs that offered the powertrain in favor of a greater emphasis on smaller SUVs and pickups. Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2024 Indeed, economic optimism among smaller employers is at a 22-year high, PNC Financial Services Group found in polling small and midsize business owners. Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2024 By class, small SUVs, midsize SUVs and midsize luxury SUVs tied for the most Top Safety Pick+ awards, with five each. Tanya Mohn, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024 As the anniversary approaches of a crisis that brought down several midsize banks, New York Community Bancorp’s plunging stock price highlights risks that loom over lenders large and small. James Barron, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024 Cadillac is releasing the name and a few images of its next electric vehicle, the midsize Vistiq SUV, which the automaker expects to slot in between the Lyriq and Escalade IQ in terms of size and price. Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 14 Dec. 2023 Notably, the different classes of SUVs — small, midsize, and midsize luxury — were tied for the most Top Safety Pick+ awards, with five apiece; midsize luxury SUVs won 12 of the second-class awards, the most overall. William Gavin, Quartz, 27 Feb. 2024 But the Hamilton County Health Department in Chattanooga — a midsize city surrounded by national forests and nestled into the Appalachian foothills of Tennessee — was seeing several syphilis patients a day, Miller said. Catherine Sweeney, NPR, 26 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of midsize was in 1967

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“Midsize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/midsize. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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midsize

adjective
mid·​size ˈmid-ˌsīz How to pronounce midsize (audio)
: of intermediate size
a midsize car
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