Examples of midpoint in a Sentence
The crowd begins to leave after the midpoint of the final period.
The team is in last place at the midpoint of the season.
the midpoint between her knee and ankle
The train stopped to refuel at the midpoint between New York and Chicago.
the midpoint of one side of the rectangle
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The median wage, or the midpoint between the lowest and highest earners, rose from $19.26 per hour in 2022 to $21.27 per hour in 2023 for a 10.4% increase, according to a news release Tuesday.
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Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 7 May 2024
Its timing came at a poignant midpoint for both composers: March 25, the anniversary of Debussy’s death, and April 24, the date Armenia commemorates as the beginning of the 1915 genocide in which up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by the Ottoman Empire.
—Hugh Morris, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2024
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Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 7 May 2024
Its timing came at a poignant midpoint for both composers: March 25, the anniversary of Debussy’s death, and April 24, the date Armenia commemorates as the beginning of the 1915 genocide in which up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by the Ottoman Empire.
—Hugh Morris, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2024
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“Midpoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/midpoint. Accessed 18 May. 2024.
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midpoint
noun
mid·point
ˈmid-ˌpȯint 
: a point at or near the center or middle
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