mediums

variants or media
plural of medium
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as in middles
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 psychics
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 platforms
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 mediums Google’s streaming behemoth is becoming ever more integral to media development, distribution and marketing plans for most contenders in media, from the biggest Hollywood studios to indie startups. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026 According to LinkedIn, most hold 9-to-5s in advertising, media, higher education, and software development. — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026 Judging by the atmosphere at media day, White and Council already appear to be lifting the locker room. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026 Critics say the accusations fueled antisemitism around the world and that those pushing the genocide claims — including major international media outlets — need to be made accountable for their words. — Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 In mid-August, CNN became the first media outlet to be given access to a Patriot system on Ukrainian territory, and at the time Ukrainian officials revealed the country had pretty much run out of interceptors. — Victoria Butenko, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026 Rice is an experienced corporate executive who spent nearly three decades navigating Rupert Murdoch‘s media empire, serving as president of 21st Century Fox and CEO of Fox Networks Group. — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 The Detroit Free Press and other Michigan- and national-based media organizations have said the claims are misleading or lacking context. — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026 Founded in 1881 as a trading house, the group has developed into a diversified conglomerate spanning automotive distribution, beverages, manufacturing, insurance, media, retail, construction materials and chemicals. — Panorama Media Ltd, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026
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Noun
  • The Kritzers are both middles, but the Redhawks didn’t have a true right-side hitter going into the season.
    — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Juxtapositions of seemingly unlike topics (plants and gender, feral dogs and nuclear weapons) give way to Venn diagrams, with Johnson dwelling in their overlapping middles.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
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  • Also, passenger road vehicles use safety features like steel bumpers and crumple zones to absorb impact forces during collisions.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
  • In an era when high-performance vehicles often grow larger, heavier, and more complex with each successive generation, part of the Carrera T’s appeal lies in its restraint.
    — Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026
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  • Potential applications include autonomous drones, submarines and other vehicles operating in environments where satellite navigation is unreliable.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • In contrast to the notion that good caregivers can survive in tough home environments, such caregivers leave home care because of minor things.
    — Colin Conner II, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
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  • Antoniou developed his craft through years of study with practitioners ranging from tarot readers and psychics to hypnotists, magicians, and psychologists.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026
  • On Wednesday, the Fort Lauderdale City Commission unanimously approved an update to a city zoning regulation to allow retail stores to offer readings by fortune tellers and psychics.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
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  • On top of these heat-seeking missiles, the platforms play to humans’ (particularly teens’) need to be accepted and admired by peers.
    — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Lessons from the smartphone wars Zuckerberg’s push to own the full stack may stem from his nearly two-decade rivalry with Apple and Google, which control the world’s dominant smartphone platforms.
    — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
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  • The end of saving money and raising middle-class wages justifies the means, namely, the destruction of immigrant families.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
  • If buying chocolate means supporting a great cause, why not gift chocolate to everyone in your life this holiday season?
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
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  • As financial markets have become more accessible, consumers have begun trading sophisticated financial instruments, purchasing fractional shares and gaining exposure to alternative assets in minutes.
    — Aneri Jambusaria, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • But a few minutes into the first half, the music stopped, the band put its instruments away and those same rowdy fans walked out on their team.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
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  • The successful application of the transmission strings method is an exciting step forward in the modelling of the atmospheres of the over 6,000 worlds in NASA's exoplanet catalog.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • This cyan-pale blue is caused by hydrogen molecules colliding with helium atoms inside their ultra-dense atmospheres.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026

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“Mediums.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mediums. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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