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as in middle
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 instrumentality
something used to achieve an end
regards political activism on the local level as the best medium for effecting social change
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as in environment
the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded
an artist who enjoys the cultural medium of the big city
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as in psychic
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 average
being about midway between extremes of amount or size
taxpayers of medium income
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as in halfway
occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes
a politician who first reads the polls and then inevitably takes the medium stance on every issue
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as in decent
of average to below average quality
another medium effort from a movie director who can do better
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Recent Examples of medium
Moin Roberts-Islam, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Kank australis belongs to the unenlagiids, a family of small-to-medium theropod dinosaurs discovered across Late Cretaceous deposits in South America, Antarctica, Australia, and Madagascar.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 28 May 2026
Broken Arrow also placed ninth for best medium-size cities.
—Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 28 May 2026
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Noun
Campaign films can become a remix template, product moments can shift towards a more participatory format, and entertainment assets can travel through fan edits at a scale that would previously have required a large media plan.
—Moin Roberts-Islam, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Kank australis belongs to the unenlagiids, a family of small-to-medium theropod dinosaurs discovered across Late Cretaceous deposits in South America, Antarctica, Australia, and Madagascar.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
Adjective
True to its name, the medium coverage is great for that Goldilocks glow.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 28 May 2026
Broken Arrow also placed ninth for best medium-size cities.
—Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 28 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medium
Noun
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Kelsey knew she’d one day be caught in the middle of these two, and now that day has arrived.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
1 June 2026
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Brady Boles greeted Lauridsen with a single up the middle.—
Jose de Jesus Ortiz,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Issued by the Wyoming Stable Token Commission, a state instrumentality created under the Wyoming Stable Token Act (2023), FRNT is fully reserved and managed in partnership with Franklin Templeton.—
Jason Brett,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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Holding the weight of cotton’s influence on the world, and thus the instrumentality of Black labor, is painful, yet necessary work.—
Cierra Black,
Essence,
9 July 2025
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The idea to create a docu-fiction where a character is inserted into real-life environments to interact with unsuspecting locals came to Ribeiro after spending long periods of time in El Paso as a journalist covering immigration.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2026
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Jennie Durant is a writer and researcher focused on bees, agriculture, and the environment.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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Terazawa is working on her second novel, Curse Him, a surreal and tense autofiction accounting for three summer months of being scammed by psychics in a small Appalachian town.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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For generations, people have turned to psychics, astrology charts or tarot cards for reassurance.—
Ziv Epstein,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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The Barca Foundation website also provides a platform for Gran Tierra executives to provide their own perspective on the company’s work.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Thus, Barragán writes, an American gift card bought by a European woman for a Nigerian scammer often end[s] up in the hands of a Chinese gamer trying to access a US platform their government had banned.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
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Robert Reich of the University of California, Berkeley, wrote recently that average Americans pay a 14% tax rate, but billionaires pay less than 2%.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
29 May 2026
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The Marshalls, who now own an architectural firm called Back Forty Buildings that services hundreds of families across the country with barndominium or rural home plans, estimate that the average person makes about 40,000 decisions in planning and building a home.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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The bottom line With $25,000 in play, a high-yield savings account will outpace a short-term CD over three and nine months, while the 6-month CD pulls slightly ahead at the halfway mark.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
15 May 2026
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Their record at the playoffs' halfway point disagrees.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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Kochanowicz got off to a decent start, despite getting hit in the foot by a sharp comebacker.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
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Overall, Edeme does feel like the industry, including mainstream media outlets, have done a decent job in giving her her flowers.—
Susan Akyeampong,
Allure,
27 May 2026
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“Medium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medium. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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