mediums

variants or media
plural of medium
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as in middles
a middle point between extremes trying to achieve a happy medium as far as the demands of career and family are concerned

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as in psychics
a person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead the medium claims that she can put the grieving parents in touch with the spirit of their deceased son

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as in platforms
a place or opportunity for communicating ideas and information I think a blog might be a good medium for sharing your reviews of local restaurants

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Recent Examples of mediums Sylvia's case is Hegseth's latest accusation against top Pentagon officials of leaking to the media. — Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026 Gerry Cardinale’s RedBird Capital Partners and Guy Oseary’s venture capital firm Sound Ventures are partnering to invest $1 billion in emerging platforms at the convergence of tech, media and culture. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026 The Charlotte media market straddles the state line, and news outlets from both Carolinas are expected to be at the rally. — Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2026 Sylvia is the latest top Pentagon official accused by Hegseth of leaking information to the media. — Konstantin Toropin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 In any case, the Yankees have been criticized a decent amount since their elimination by executives, media, and even their own legends. — Ryan Morik Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026 Officials told local media in Bosnia that three people died and 12 were injured in the crash of the Italian CH-47 Chinook in an area around the town of Brcko. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026 Hoichoi launched in 2017 as the first venture from SVF’s new media arm and is run by co-founder Vishnu Mohta, also SVF’s executive director. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026 Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Meta shares slumped nearly 7% on Thursday as the social media giant showed negative free cash flow in its third-quarter earnings and raised the floor of its full-year capital expenditures. — Cj Haddad, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mediums
Noun
  • The Kritzers are both middles, but the Redhawks didn’t have a true right-side hitter going into the season.
    — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Juxtapositions of seemingly unlike topics (plants and gender, feral dogs and nuclear weapons) give way to Venn diagrams, with Johnson dwelling in their overlapping middles.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
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  • Local trunk-or-treaters of all ages can collect their first pieces of candy and check out custom classics, hot rods, lowriders and other vehicles from around the area.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • More than 2,000 federal officers were sent to the city, and scenes of masked agents spilling from convoys of unmarked vehicles became commonplace.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • However, perovskites are notoriously vulnerable to moisture and harsh chemical environments, posing a clear problem in seawater.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The development reflects a broader shift in modern defense planning towards modular weapons systems that can be transported, repositioned, and integrated into different operational environments with fewer platform-specific modifications.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
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  • Some people are even gravitating toward religious organizations and turning to mystical practices like psychics and love spells to find a partner.
    — Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Antoniou developed his craft through years of study with practitioners ranging from tarot readers and psychics to hypnotists, magicians, and psychologists.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026
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  • For example, Muse lives across a new stand-alone app, website and other Meta platforms.
    — Marty Swant, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Many decisive moments now happen through retailers, platforms, payment providers, creators, service partners and AI agents.
    — Radoslav Nedelchev, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
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  • Analysts attributed elevated gas prices to ongoing fighting in the Middle East, which has damaged oil infrastructure and forced firms to take up costly means of transporting crude.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Only Washington, North Carolina and Oregon tracked rejection rates with enough detail to distinguish ballots received in the mail from those received by some other means, like a ballot drop box.
    — Ken B. Morales, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The synth melody is poignant through the buds, but the upper vocal harmony and some of the upper-register atmospheric instruments are slightly buried.
    — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The biotech firm offers its lab instruments to help scientists research cancer, immunology and neuroscience.
    — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
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  • Graveyards, which would seem haunted by definition, are popular destinations, and a few in the state are legendary for their eerie atmospheres and ghost sightings.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 2026
  • But these four films manage to create genuinely unnerving atmospheres of dread.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 20 Oct. 2026

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“Mediums.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mediums. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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