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
Fudd missed the first three games of the season completing recovery from an ACL and medial meniscus tear suffered last November, and she was sidelined again for three games in December after spraining her right knee against Louisville.
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Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2025
Early indications point to areas like the insula, medial prefrontal cortex, and ventral striatum—regions linked to aversion, motivation, and reward-seeking behavior.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2024
That 2005-06 season saw Linfield complete a clean sweep of all four domestic trophies, but a recurring medial knee injury limited Mulgrew’s game time.
—Colin Millar, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
Langer considers this wide platform more important than the denser medial post, which long defined the stability category.
—Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 12 Mar. 2025
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Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2025
Early indications point to areas like the insula, medial prefrontal cortex, and ventral striatum—regions linked to aversion, motivation, and reward-seeking behavior.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2024
That 2005-06 season saw Linfield complete a clean sweep of all four domestic trophies, but a recurring medial knee injury limited Mulgrew’s game time.
—Colin Millar, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
Langer considers this wide platform more important than the denser medial post, which long defined the stability category.
—Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medial
Adjective
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While on the road - Opt for the middle lanes and remain on higher ground.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 May 2025
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While driving - Stick to the middle lanes and stay on elevated ground.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
18 May 2025
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In both games, the Celtics led by 20 points after the halfway mark of the third quarter.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
8 May 2025
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Close to the halfway line in the middle of the main stand, the directors’ section just behind.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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The Rays, who are also playing at a minor league ballpark this season after Hurricane Milton damaged the team’s home stadium, Tropicana Field, had the third-highest median ticket prices in the league, according to Gametime, at $146.—
Annika Merrilees,
Sacbee.com,
12 May 2025
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County appraisers valued the properties at around $742 million; the median home in the portfolio is worth $268,000.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 May 2025
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Trail Rides, Toddler Rides and Baby Sheep A standout activity for many are Alisal’s daily, two-hour scenic trail rides, with groups divided by riding level: beginner, intermediate and advanced.—
Margaux Lushing,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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Under that policy, there are limitations on the amounts and types of sensitive content in texts on elementary, intermediate, middle and high school shelves.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 May 2025
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Achieving social control is a central theme of China's AGI pursuit.—
Didi Kirsten Tatlow,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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One of these, Tycho crater, will make for an excellent telescope target at this time, as a lip of the 53-mile-wide (85 km) distinctive central impact peak casts strong shadows over the interior of the depression.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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President Trump’s intermediary deals with China and the U.K. have done little to convince Jamie Dimon that market volatility arising out of White House tariff policy is over.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
16 May 2025
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The literary mainstream has always been shaped (for both better and worse) by intermediary institutions like university creative-writing programs, plucky little journals, and newspaper book reviews.—
Peter C. Baker,
New Yorker,
11 May 2025
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In the mid 1990s the NCAA adopted Proposition 16, which created a more flexible standard for meeting academic eligibility.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
5 May 2025
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But while that effort may have been enough to dispatch a genuinely mid Senators team, the Panthers are going to be a different beast.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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“Medial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medial. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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