as in middle
occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes
four is the medial number between one and seven
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Recent Examples of medial
The contract also mandates a coordinated social medial push, where schools had to publish at least one post on the their team’s primary Instagram, X and Facebook accounts, along with corresponding story posts.
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Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Despite my 2015 pre-diabetes diagnosis and later on bi-osteoarthritis and medial meniscus tears, this consistency has kept me healthy and out of the high-cost medical system for 11 years.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
In January of 2024, Rivas appeared side by side with Burke in a livestream video on the social medial platform Twitch.
—Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
The rippled, frill-like edges are seen on the lateral and medial side panels of the shoe across three neutral earth tone spins on the 204L in Sea Salt/Linen (style code U204L2SZ), Lone Star Gray/Sea Salt (style code U204L5AV) and Reflection/Truffle Salt (style code U204L6A6).
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 17 Feb. 2026
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Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Despite my 2015 pre-diabetes diagnosis and later on bi-osteoarthritis and medial meniscus tears, this consistency has kept me healthy and out of the high-cost medical system for 11 years.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
In January of 2024, Rivas appeared side by side with Burke in a livestream video on the social medial platform Twitch.
—Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
The rippled, frill-like edges are seen on the lateral and medial side panels of the shoe across three neutral earth tone spins on the 204L in Sea Salt/Linen (style code U204L2SZ), Lone Star Gray/Sea Salt (style code U204L5AV) and Reflection/Truffle Salt (style code U204L6A6).
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 17 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medial
Adjective
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Much of that discussion is on middle and high school grades, where the effects are most visible, but the real issue begins much earlier.—
Tina Dello Russo,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2026
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Cryst, a 6-foot-10 freshman middle blocker, started off the fourth set with back-to-back service aces.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
10 May 2026
Adjective
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The most famous is the 16th-century Rialto Bridge, which sits roughly at the halfway point and is considered a remarkable architectural and engineering achievement of the Renaissance period.—
Lauren Schuster,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
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The fifth and final season of Prime Video’s superhero satire series, The Boys, is nearing the halfway point this week.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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High prices and financial strain The median home price in Colorado is about $604,300, well above the national average.—
Sara B. Hansen,
Denver Post,
9 May 2026
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In fact, last year the median sales price of an existing home ($441,500) surpassed that of a new home ($401,800).—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
8 May 2026
Adjective
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The design from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory utilizes an intermediate solvation structure where sodium ions are less tightly bound to solvent molecules.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
9 May 2026
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Some of the current challenges the city is having with the skatepark include crowds in the big bowl and the big wall drops into the street course, with too much advanced and intermediate terrain, officials said.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
Adjective
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The third floor includes a central gathering space along with two other bedrooms and bathrooms.—
Kaitlyn Keegan,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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At the Marché, the Taiwan Pavilion marks genre as a central export driver, underscoring sustained demand from regional buyers for commercial storytelling.—
Lin Ying-Hsuan,
Variety,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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Meanwhile, cheaper intermediary goods from China helped boost manufacturing productivity, resulting in a 50% increase in real manufacturing value added from 2001 to 2024.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
10 May 2026
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In one example disclosed by Xinhua, a consumer paid 252 yuan ($35) for a six-inch cake, but the order was quietly resold through an intermediary platform where vendors bid 100, 90 and 80 yuan to fulfill it, with the lowest bidder winning.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The mid-budget adult comedy that Prada 2 represents may be a one-off rather than a category revival.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 May 2026
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Trump set off an unprecedented mid-decade redistricting shuffle Currently, the House stands at 217 Republicans to 212 Democrats and the party that holds the White House usually loses ground in the midterms.—
Larry Kaplow,
NPR,
9 May 2026
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“Medial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medial. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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