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as in mean
a middle point between extremes
his salary is exactly at the middle of the company's pay scale
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as in halfway
occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes
you must mark the exact middle point of each of these lines in order to solve the problem
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as in average
being about midway between extremes of amount or size
a house that is middle-sized for that neighborhood a man of middle height
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Recent Examples of middle
Damon Wise, Deadline, 17 May 2025
Sophomore Gabby Rodriguez then laced a single up the middle to put runners on second and third with two down.
—Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 16 May 2025
Alex Sundby, CBS News, 16 May 2025
Zaire Franklin, coming off a second-team All-Pro nod in 2024, is Indy’s starting middle linebacker.
—James Boyd, New York Times, 16 May 2025
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Noun
The famous saying has it that hell is other people, but here, hell for other people is Grace (Jennifer Lawrence), a big-city author who has moved to the middle of nowhere to be close to the family of her husband Jackson (Robert Pattinson).
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 17 May 2025
Sophomore Gabby Rodriguez then laced a single up the middle to put runners on second and third with two down.
—Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 16 May 2025
Adjective
The Preakness Stakes has a field of nine horses set to race in Baltimore on Saturday for the 2025 running of the middle jewel of horse racing's Triple Crown.
—Alex Sundby, CBS News, 16 May 2025
Zaire Franklin, coming off a second-team All-Pro nod in 2024, is Indy’s starting middle linebacker.
—James Boyd, New York Times, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle
Noun
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Rap is banned in Iran due to its critical content, its uncontrollable means of distribution, and its direct opposition to the regime’s official values, including the rejection of religious and ideological themes.—
Ali Farahmand,
IndieWire,
23 May 2025
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Every few years, Tom Cruise leads a new chapter in the life of globetrotter Ethan Hunt and his team of agents, who aren’t afraid of missions deemed too difficult for traditional means of espionage.—
Will Harris,
EW.com,
23 May 2025
Noun
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The park is in the midst of celebrating its 40th anniversary.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
28 May 2025
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And in the midst of this are marvelous moments of complex character affection (and disdain) between Smart and Einbinder.—
Howard Homonoff,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
Noun
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They’re designed in soft, breathable cotton, with a zip-and-button fly and skinny waist ties.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
People.com,
22 May 2025
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Instead of tackles, a player is stopped by removing one of the two flags attacked to the ball-carriers waist.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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In both games, the Celtics led by 20 points after the halfway mark of the third quarter.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
8 May 2025
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Close to the halfway line in the middle of the main stand, the directors’ section just behind.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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On average, female participants took about 4.5 bites to finish their pizza slice, while men took just 2.1 bites. Number of chews.—
Brian Mastroianni,
Health,
23 May 2025
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How to build credit as an authorized user on a credit card What is the average credit score in the U.S.?—
Jackie Charniga,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
Noun
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The latest number is roughly at the midpoint between the index’s historic high and its historic low.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
9 May 2025
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Pinterest offered a rosy second-quarter revenue outlook of $960 million to $980 million, which at the midpoint surpassed analysts’ expectations.—
Brian Evans,
CNBC,
9 May 2025
Noun
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The city also offers a tourist train for five euros that runs about every hour, connecting the historic center with the two main beach areas (Platja de la Grava and Platja de l’Arenal).—
Liz Provencher,
Travel + Leisure,
20 May 2025
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Gigabyte has made a concerted effort to capitalize on the AI gold rush of the last two or three years, aggressively making and selling AI data center hardware.—
Brian Westover,
PC Magazine,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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In the mid 1990s the NCAA adopted Proposition 16, which created a more flexible standard for meeting academic eligibility.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
5 May 2025
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But while that effort may have been enough to dispatch a genuinely mid Senators team, the Panthers are going to be a different beast.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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“Middle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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