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as in middle
being about midway between extremes of amount or size
the median price of a home in the area
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2
as in halfway
occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes
determine the median point between your two speakers, and test your stereo system from there
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as in average
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Recent Examples of median
Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2025
Assisted living in Connecticut costs a median $107,460 a year.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
Rent is based on income, with costs lower than the city's average for those earning 50% to 70% of the area's median income.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
The median home price here is $826,883, a whopping $500,000 more than the median for Cook County, where it's located.
—Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2025
Assisted living in Connecticut costs a median $107,460 a year.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
The recent release of 2024 housing cost data tells us that California homeowners paid a median HOA fee of $278 a month, the ninth-highest expense nationally.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
Rent is based on income, with costs lower than the city's average for those earning 50% to 70% of the area's median income.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for median
Adjective
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The exchange calculated that California consumers on exchange plans would see an average premium increase of 97% if the credits are not extended.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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The study then looked at nightlife, factoring in average beer and wine prices, movie costs, nightlife options, music festivals and access to bars and other factors.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The middle aisle is restocked with home goods, organizers, candles, cleaning gadgets, even clothing and shoes, and new ALDI food items are stocked on the shelves, perched and ready for the deals to be snapped up by customers.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
30 Sep. 2025
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Keough paired the dress with strappy black heels, and her glam mimicked the dark glamour allure, with her dark hair styled in natural waves and a middle part.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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While the buildings continue to sell out, fans can expect these higher prices to be the new normal for WWE's biggest shows.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
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Temperatures will warm into an above-normal range during the middle of the week, but then cool down below the seasonal normal by the weekend, the weather service reported.—
Michelle Cruz,
AZCentral.com,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Only two of Swift’s albums appear below the halfway mark on the 200-spot ranking.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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As Phoenix passes the halfway mark of this year’s monsoon, dramatic downpours, gusty haboobs and streaks of lightning across the sky have been mostly absent.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Anchoring the disparate variants of the LeBron 23 while serving as a containment system is a large panel shaped like James’ crown logo taking up the majority of the medial upper.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
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In fact, there’s a name for this: shin splints, or medial tibial stress syndrome in medical-speak.—
Jenny McCoy,
SELF,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Both a trial judge and group of intermediate appellate judges rejected that argument, since uniformity analysis can’t mix and match taxes.—
Robert Raiola,
Sportico.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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And that issue — combined with several of his own mistakes — have made Tagovailoa one of the league’s worst quarterbacks on intermediate routes entering Week 4.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In the mid-twentieth century, Canavan writes, American science fiction often depicted societies ruled by computers as an analog for Soviet communism.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Sep. 2025
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Burnett asked, referring to a star of mid-century musicals.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Median.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/median. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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