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
Overlays and reinforcements on the medial side of the shoe are designed to stand up to sliding.
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Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The researchers recruited 68 adults, with a mean age of 64, who had confirmed medial knee OA.
—New Atlas, 12 Aug. 2025
Key concept: Similar brain patterns in people with shared positive traits
Previous studies have shown that people with a higher social status—more central in their networks—and those with lower amounts of loneliness also share similar neural patterns in the medial prefrontal cortex.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2025
But the morning after the Coldplay concert, Kerrigan switched to her maiden name on her social medial profile, according to the New York Post and other outlets.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 22 July 2025
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Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The researchers recruited 68 adults, with a mean age of 64, who had confirmed medial knee OA.
—New Atlas, 12 Aug. 2025
Key concept: Similar brain patterns in people with shared positive traits
Previous studies have shown that people with a higher social status—more central in their networks—and those with lower amounts of loneliness also share similar neural patterns in the medial prefrontal cortex.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2025
But the morning after the Coldplay concert, Kerrigan switched to her maiden name on her social medial profile, according to the New York Post and other outlets.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medial
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Throughout those seasons, Benedict was the aloof middle brother, too busy drinking too much and partaking in gender-indiscriminate dalliances to want to settle down.—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
Refinery29,
14 Oct. 2025
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The position also activates your core and upper body, improving the function of your thoracic spine (the middle section connecting to your ribs).—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
14 Oct. 2025
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
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The sentiment is shared by millions of the country’s young population, whose median age is 18, in perhaps the most dramatic example of tension between Africa’s youth and the continent’s many aging leaders.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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Costs were then compared to the median household income to determine where Americans spend the greatest percentage of their income on groceries.—
Cailey Gleeson,
jsonline.com,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Dark matter candidates, like weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPS), might connect to light via intermediate particles such as the top quark and Higgs boson.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Oct. 2025
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In absolute terms, TLT broke out above its 40-week MA in September and saw its weekly MACD turn positive, both of which were promising intermediate-term developments.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The incident's central command constantly receives progress reports from firefighters on the ground.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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Earlier, in the central state of Querétaro, a child died after being caught in a landslide.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
12 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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But if the Supreme Court sides with Louisiana – and does so while states still have enough time to react before next year’s elections − that could supercharge the unusual mid-decade redistricting Republicans have spearheaded before the 2026 mid-terms.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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The investment, which will come from JPMorgan’s capital, directly, and from venture capital, is designed to enhance large and mid-sized companies’ growth and drive innovation and strategic manufacturing, according to a press release.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Medial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medial. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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