How to Use midpoint in a Sentence
midpoint
noun- The team is in last place at the midpoint of the season.
- The crowd begins to leave after the midpoint of the final period.
- The train stopped to refuel at the midpoint between New York and Chicago.
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At the midpoint of the 2020 season, the Browns got a bye week.
—Hayden Grove, cleveland, 27 Dec. 2020
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In fact, Ides was simply the Latin word for the midpoint of the month.
—Atlanta Life, ajc, 15 Mar. 2018
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With the loss, the Heat fell to a middling 21-20 at the midpoint of their schedule.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2023
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The Knicks won for the third time in four games to reach the midpoint of their schedule at 20-21.
—Brian Mahoney, courant.com, 10 Jan. 2022
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Backing out the tax-rate change, the midpoint would be $4.37 a share.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2025
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Sport mode keeps the engine on and is a great midpoint.
—K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 6 Mar. 2023
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The Blue Devils went up 22 at the midpoint of the second half.
—Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 4 Dec. 2019
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The Blue Devils went up 21 by the midpoint of the second half.
—Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 4 Dec. 2019
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The two rays of light from points A and B meet at the midpoint, M, on the embankment.
—Kat Friedrich, Popular Mechanics, 25 July 2023
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The border between the states is the midpoint of the bridge, which is about a mile from Hoover Dam.
—Richard Ruelas, azcentral, 1 June 2020
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Calderwood looks for a takedown at the midpoint of the round.
—Todd Martin, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2019
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But near the midpoint of that season, he was traded to the Jets.
—Dallas News, 14 Dec. 2020
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The Brewers have a 47-35 record one game past the midpoint of their season.
—John Perrotto, Forbes, 5 July 2022
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If not for Wells, the Cougars would have trailed by more than six points at the midpoint of the second half.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
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The Bengals rolled the dice on a fourth-and-1 from their own 30 at the midpoint of the second quarter.
—cleveland, 25 Sep. 2021
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Moyle looks for a takedown at the midpoint of the round but Whitmire blocks it and lands a knee.
—Lance Pugmire, latimes.com, 7 July 2018
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The Wings had three shots after the first period, five at the midpoint, and 20 at the end.
—Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 16 Apr. 2022
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That sounds like $4 or 5 million, which is the midpoint of the two options.
—Glenn Kessler, chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2018
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Now, at the midpoint of the season, the Coyotes find themselves in the throes of a playoff race.
—Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2024
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Four were from swimming at the meet’s midpoint, but that’s by a team that won 16 in Rio.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2021
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Bring the bottom corner of the nori to the middle of the nori sheet, so that the midpoint of the bottom of the nori becomes the point of the cone.
—Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 June 2018
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The midpoint of the zone was a synagogue that is at the center of the state’s worst outbreak.
—New York Times, 10 Mar. 2020
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As planned, the Wings changed goaltenders during a timeout near the midpoint of the game.
—Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 29 Sep. 2022
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The club is winless at the midpoint of a 10-game road trip that started with a sweep in New York.
—Joe Noga, cleveland, 27 Apr. 2022
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Acuna took a first step toward the the midpoint between the mound and first base.
—Charles Odum, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Sep. 2020
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But at the midpoint, the hue of erotic memories seems to alter.
—Jane Alison june 17, Literary Hub, 17 June 2025
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How to use it: To sweep using an upright broom, place your dominant hand at the midpoint on the shaft of the broom and your non-dominant hand on the top of the broom.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2025
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