Definition of MIDDLE GROUND

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The judge of the case chose a middle ground between harshness and leniency. Both sides in this debate need to do more to establish some middle ground.

Recent Examples on the Web Facebook could find a middle ground in limiting how political campaigns use the company’s advertising platform, in particular limiting the ability to show ads to particular groups of people, a practice known as microtargeting. — Dylan Byers, NBC News, "Facebook's Zuckerberg holds line on political ads, but microtargeting could change," 5 Nov. 2019 What is harder to find, among sushi bars and many other types of restaurants, is the middle ground. — New York Times, "Swimming Against a Tide of Expensive Sushi," 5 Nov. 2019 Daniel Kreiss, a journalism professor at the University of North Carolina, said that a middle ground for Twitter and Facebook might be to allow political ads but to prohibit targeting, or showing them only to specific groups of people. — Washington Post, "The pressure is now on Facebook to ban political ads, too," 31 Oct. 2019 Daniel Kreiss, a journalism professor at the University of North Carolina, said that a middle ground for Twitter and Facebook might be to allow political ads but to prohibit targeting, or showing them only to specific groups of people. — Rachel Lerman, The Denver Post, "The pressure is now on Facebook to ban political ads, too," 31 Oct. 2019 Daniel Kreiss, a journalism professor at the University of North Carolina, said that a middle ground for Twitter and Facebook might be to allow political ads but to prohibit targeting, or showing them only to specific groups of people. — Rachel Lerman, Twin Cities, "The pressure is now on Facebook to ban political ads, too," 31 Oct. 2019 Both Buttigieg and Klobuchar piled on -- seeking to grab the middle ground of many Democrats who fear Warren and Sanders are too left wing. — Stephen Collinson, CNN, "The global reader's guide to what just happened at the Democratic debate -- Meanwhile in America," 16 Oct. 2019 In other words, the middle ground of American politics may be literally disappearing, but, to a large extent, candidates and parties are playing on the terrain they’ve been given. — Dante Chinni, NBC News, "Election maps show "middle ground" communities are disappearing," 8 Sep. 2019 The muddle through scenario The middle ground here would be a situation where rates stay in a tight range for the foreseeable future. — Ben Carlson, Fortune, "Making Sense of Bond Investing During a Deeply Unusual Year," 23 Aug. 2019

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“Middle ground.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20ground. Accessed 10 December 2019.