golden mean

as in middle
a middle point between extremes when it comes to money, the golden mean is saving some income, while giving yourself a modest spending allowance

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Recent Examples of golden mean What was once perceived as a temporary fix may, however, prove to be the golden mean. Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 21 June 2025 Embodied is working to achieve a kind of anthropomorphic golden mean with its bot: not so mechanical that children lose interest but not realistic enough for kids to humanize it. Webb Wright, Scientific American, 5 June 2024 In this world, the golden mean does not exist and equipoise is a pipe dream. Kent Sepkowitz, CNN, 5 Nov. 2022 The result of this mechanical wizardry is the golden mean of a modern luxury conveyance. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 11 Dec. 2021 The trajectory's holding steady, not trending to the golden mean of 2%. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2021 Sullivan notes, for instance, Mayan astrologers’ discovery of the golden mean. Alyssa Mora, Variety, 22 Oct. 2021
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  • The two massive tropical systems swirling off the Southeast coast are a stark reminder that the potential government shutdown looms during the middle of the Atlantic hurricane season.
    Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The pair has currently scored 33/50 total, placing them towards the middle of the leaderboard.
    Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
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  • The islands that split traffic going in and out of the roundabout mean pedestrians have fewer lanes to cross at a time because the crosswalks cross those islands.
    Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
  • While protesters have tried to shut down the building physically, the city government is trying to do it by other means.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025

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“Golden mean.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/golden%20mean. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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