as in halfway
occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes
has a black-and-white view of human nature, believing that there is no mediate state between good and evil
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as in to intervene
to act as a go-between for opposing sides
their middle child is often asked to mediate between the oldest and the youngest
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Recent Examples of mediate
David Morel, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Unlike human leaders, AI cannot interpret the moral weight of a policy decision, mediate conflict through emotional intelligence, or make judgment calls that require contextual sensitivity.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
The relationship between labor, harvest, and food was obvious, rather than mediated by powerful firms and complex industrial processes.
—Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Transfer that to the modern workplace, and Type A employees are suited to leading projects and attacking problems quickly, while Type B workers can reduce panic, mediate conflict and suggest collaborative solutions.
—David Morel, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Unlike human leaders, AI cannot interpret the moral weight of a policy decision, mediate conflict through emotional intelligence, or make judgment calls that require contextual sensitivity.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Verb
This is a broad term used to describe inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system that are usually immune mediated.
—Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
The relationship between labor, harvest, and food was obvious, rather than mediated by powerful firms and complex industrial processes.
—Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mediate
Adjective
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Philadelphia also conceivably could reach the halfway point with a perfect record.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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The production on Life Is…Too $hort, handled by Too $hort himself, is the halfway point between Detroit techno and L.A. G-funk, hard and minimal and trunk-rattling, directly influencing the hyphy scene that would define the Bay Area two decades later.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Weekend drill and training events may be postponed if federal funds are frozen, although state governments sometimes intervene to keep critical missions running.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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In those intervening 35 years, China had moved 800 million rural peasants — living in extreme poverty on US$2 a day — into city apartments and integrated them into the global economy.—
Peter Leyden,
Big Think,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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While driving - Stick to the middle lanes and stay on elevated ground.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Oct. 2025
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Some of those bigs will be better as middle-of-the-floor centers, while others will be able to play alongside those centers as power forwards.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Fiscal rules left broken Officials in Brussels are unlikely to want to appear to be interfering in domestic political affairs, but the pressure is on for Paris to embark on some serious fiscal consolidation — and fast.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
8 Oct. 2025
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Piastri lost two places in the scuffle, revealing his frustration on the team radio and inquiring if McLaren would interfere by potentially asking Norris to hand back the place to him.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Without intermediary markups and administrative complexities, direct-to-consumer channels can offer substantial savings.—
Ge Bai,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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This intermediary run began in Chicago, where the film sold out the Music Box theater ahead of a pool party on Aug. 22.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Brain regions linked to emotion, attention, and meaning-making—including the orbitofrontal cortex (which processes subjective value), the angular gyrus, and the medial prefrontal cortex—showed the strongest similarities among people who later became close.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Sep. 2025
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Anchoring the disparate variants of the LeBron 23 while serving as a containment system is a large panel shaped like James’ crown logo taking up the majority of the medial upper.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Ahead of this school year, MPS Superintendent Brenda Cassellius moved some central office staff to classroom teaching positions to fill vacant roles.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Van Hecke has put uncomfortable moments in the two games in September behind him, which preceded the win at Chelsea and provided a sniff of opportunity for Italian Diego Coppola, the right-sided central defender signed from Hellas Verona in the summer.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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According to figures from a housing assessment released this April, the median house value in Fayetteville has grown 275% in the last two decades, and the median gross rent has increased 78%.—
Juan Cordoba,
Arkansas Online,
5 Oct. 2025
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According to Larson’s book, from 2009 to 2014, romance authors’ median income from books increased by 73 percent.—
Rebecca Ackermann,
The Atlantic,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Mediate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mediate. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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