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 on the Web 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 The United States and other powers will gradually find the golden mean of network power: not too concentrated and not too distributed. Anne-Marie Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2016 In many quantitative traits the 'golden mean' holds true... Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 7 Dec. 2010 The liberal individualist world then may be the world of the golden mean in between. Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2012 In this world, the golden mean does not exist and equipoise is a pipe dream. Kent Sepkowitz, CNN, 5 Nov. 2022 The trajectory's holding steady, not trending to the golden mean of 2%. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2021 The result of this mechanical wizardry is the golden mean of a modern luxury conveyance. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 11 Dec. 2021 Sullivan notes, for instance, Mayan astrologers’ discovery of the golden mean. Alyssa Mora, Variety, 22 Oct. 2021

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