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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 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 platform
a place or opportunity for communicating ideas and information I think a blog might be a good medium for sharing your reviews of local restaurants

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Recent Examples of medium
Noun
The only way to do it would have been to run political and media operations to build popular support for Western actors, then install a pro-Western administration and, beyond that, vastly increase Western military resources, including troops, deployed in Niger. Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025 Black horseback riders during the 2020 George Floyd protests ignited a national dialogue around Black urban cowboys that continued through heavy media coverage and, later, photography books and exhibitions. Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Meanwhile, her eyebrows were colored in with a medium-brown pencil, and her cheeks were marked by only a touch of blush. Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025 Pour the garlic and oil into a medium heatproof bowl and set aside to cool. Malaka Gharib, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for medium
Recent Examples of Synonyms for medium
Noun
  • Diwali is celebrated during the Hindu month of Kartik, which typically falls between the middle of October and the middle of November.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The middle of his chest was covered with a large, gooey piece of gauze.
    Jeff Pearlman, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • They are left wielding the tools of instrumentality: in-groups and cliques, buying effort through more money, coercive employment agreements and suits against whistleblowers.
    Dave Winsborough, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Higginbotham, an intelligent defender, lived for the intense environment.
    Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Family ties and Working Class USA environments are a Cooper specialty — see Out of the Furnace, Black Mass, Crazy Heart — and these scenes both stick out from the rest of the storytelling and bring out the best in the filmmaker.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The town, about 25 miles southwest of Daytona Beach, Florida, is home to mediums, psychics and healers, many practicing out of their homes.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Think past life regression meditations, tarot and oracle card readings, and even sessions with psychics.
    Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • These complexities have come at the expense of the consumer, who now pays an average of $88 per month to watch sports on streaming platforms versus $64 per month for those not watching sports, according to tech research firm InterDigital.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The bridge incorporates five viewing platforms fused with a curved structure, so pedestrians can pause and enjoy the scenic and panoramic view of the Singapore skyline.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Although his average size (6-0 1/4, 232) stands out, Fisher’s speed and instincts stand out even more.
    Dane Brugler, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • At the end of June, the company had 849,643 active memberships, with its members spending, on average, $888 on monthly dues and additional services over a three-month period from April through June.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Based on author Julia Quinn’s romance series of the same name, the fourth season marks the halfway point of the series overall as each season focuses on the eight Bridgerton siblings’ pursuit of love.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The journey begins with mild goosebumps but will take a grisly turn at the halfway point, warns Liu.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • That’s just a decent dude, right there.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The opening sequence — involving a scared little boy whose fear only accelerates during a nightmarish car ride — is a decent bellwether for the first five episodes (which is all that were screened for critics, of the eight total).
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Medium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medium. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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