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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  • Moore attempted to catch a pass from quarterback Caleb Wiliams over the middle of the field, when he was pulled down by defenders.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The swells will continue to build and increase along east-facing shorelines through the middle of the week, the hurricane center warned.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • Companies responded by jettisoning a few mean executives, changing their internal communications strategies, and retraining bosses to be nicer.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Few players in the league mean as much to their team.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025

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