middle ground
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golden mean, mean, medium, middle, midpoint
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Brandless finds itself in the uncomfortable middle ground of not being niche enough and not being broad enough — yet. — Rani Molla, Recode, "Brandless wants to create the next great consumer packaged goods brand — but it hasn’t built customer loyalty yet," 18 Oct. 2018 Semi Gloss Sleek and easy to live with, semigloss is a happy middle ground. — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, "A Paint Expert's Simple Guide to Choosing the Right Paint Finish," 4 Mar. 2019 But there’s a middle ground between the two extremes: the classic square cut. — Madeline Fass, Vogue, "Matrix Sunglasses Fatigue? Here Are 13 Square Frames That Will Stand the Test of Time," 9 Aug. 2018 Flake, for example, tends to be a dove on immigration and sought impotently for a middle ground on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program after Trump endangered it. — Dylan Scott, Vox, "Brett Kavanaugh is Jeff Flake’s most important test," 3 Oct. 2018 Is there a middle ground between parents who over-indulge their kids and those that benignly neglect them? — Charlotte Hilton Andersen, Redbook, "Is "Childism" Really the Next Racism?," 9 Jan. 2012 There’s almost no middle ground of humanity for a black woman. — Candice Frederick, Harper's BAZAAR, "Dear White People's Logan Browning Calls #TimesUp on Black Women as Constant Caretakers," 30 May 2018 MacCallum has staked out a middle ground in public comments recently. — David Bauder, The Seattle Times, "Fox’s MacCallum takes on new election-night role," 6 Nov. 2018 The study’s authors say the two groups utilize similar rhetoric and symbols, historical references, and memes – an attempt to extinguish middle ground and recruit new members to their cause by offering a sense of identity. — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, "The vicious circle of Islamist terrorism and far-right extremism," 6 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'middle ground.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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