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Recent Examples of in-between
Shop for a new car coat to add to your wardrobe for that in-between weather.
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Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2026
At the end of the day, the Oscars is for artists, voted on by their industry peers, and the in-between moments all were very sweet and supportive.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 16 Mar. 2026
This off-the-shoulder dress is a solid in-between option, since it can be dressed up with wedges or dressed down with flat sandals.
—Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
Privacy Takes Time If plant removal is part of your plan, prepare yourself for the unavoidable in-between phase where your yard feels more open than ever.
—Katie Strasberg Rousso, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
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Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2026
At the end of the day, the Oscars is for artists, voted on by their industry peers, and the in-between moments all were very sweet and supportive.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 16 Mar. 2026
This off-the-shoulder dress is a solid in-between option, since it can be dressed up with wedges or dressed down with flat sandals.
—Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
Privacy Takes Time If plant removal is part of your plan, prepare yourself for the unavoidable in-between phase where your yard feels more open than ever.
—Katie Strasberg Rousso, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for in-between
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Harnessing the strange behavior of particles at the tiniest scales, quantum technologies are enabling applications that are borderline science fiction across various industries.—
Etiido Uko
March 23,
New Atlas,
23 Mar. 2026
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Boasting panoramic views of the water, beachfront dining, and a spa so relaxing as to be borderline lobotomizing, the hotel offers a stock photo of a vacation.—
Mattie Kahn,
Vogue,
17 Mar. 2026
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Murray is 5 feet, 7 inches tall, weighs 230 pounds, and was last seen wearing a gray shirt, gray sweatpants and black and blue shoes.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 2026
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The majority of the seats are in place, alternated in pink, black, gray and white with some positioned to depict a heron, the team’s mascot.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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The scientists found the three innermost stars are more massive and hotter than the sun, while the outermost component, the fourth star, is cooler, less massive and thus similar to the sun.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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By then, Israeli intelligence had planted a bomb in a Revolutionary Guards guest house that, in addition to killing the political leader of Hamas in Gaza, also demonstrated its ability to penetrate the innermost sanctums of the Iranian regime.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
28 Feb. 2026
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The plot attends both to twentieth-century horrors, such as Ukraine’s Holodomor, and to what Reed saw coming, in social media’s incessant threat to our inner life.—
Stephanie Burt,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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Additionally, solar power is far more efficient for most destinations in the inner solar system.—
David W. Brown,
Scientific American,
31 Mar. 2026
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“In-between.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/in-between. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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