betwixt

Definition of betwixtnext
as in between
old-fashioned + literary in the space separating two things or people took a seat betwixt two other passengers

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between
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  • Previous attempts at a temporary truce between Russia and Ukraine have all failed to hold.
    Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Above some critical energy threshold, interactions between those photons and a cosmic ray will be energetic enough that additional particles, like pions, will spontaneously be created.
    Big Think, Big Think, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Betwixt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/betwixt. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.

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