as in middle
occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes
her mid molar will have to be extracted and replaced by a bridge
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Recent Examples of mid
Geoff Clark Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
Our highs get back near normal to the mid 70s, and there will be dry time to enjoy.
—Mary Ours, CBS News, 23 May 2026
Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 2 Aug. 2024
Tropical Storm Norma was named in the Pacific on Tuesday evening and could impact Cabo San Lucas mid to late week as a Category 2 hurricane.
—Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023
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Adjective
Also, Cleveland’s defense is mid.
—Geoff Clark Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
Our highs get back near normal to the mid 70s, and there will be dry time to enjoy.
—Mary Ours, CBS News, 23 May 2026
Preposition
An early bloomer that opens in mid to late June and continues into August.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 2 Aug. 2024
Tropical Storm Norma was named in the Pacific on Tuesday evening and could impact Cabo San Lucas mid to late week as a Category 2 hurricane.
—Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mid
Adjective
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Several other local governments have similarly tried to chart a middle course through the controversy, perhaps none more dramatically than the Detroit Lakes City Council.—
Jeremy Fugleberg,
Twin Cities,
23 May 2026
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In the third, Hicks got hold of a middle-middle curveball and sent it 389 feet to right-center field.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
23 May 2026
Preposition
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Candidates among the troops were rejected for lacking the right kind of education, which wasn’t the kind that caused scouts to excel at a highly skilled, dangerous job that nobody else could do.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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The bombings continued into the evening, including on a residential building in the capital, where a poet and her husband were among the dead.—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
Adjective
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Their record at the playoffs' halfway point disagrees.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
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The most famous is the 16th-century Rialto Bridge, which sits roughly at the halfway point and is considered a remarkable architectural and engineering achievement of the Renaissance period.—
Lauren Schuster,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
Preposition
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Save Girls’ Sports activists gathered outside Yorba Linda High School in protest, which OutKick documented firsthand through conversations with parents and attendees at the meet.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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Here’s the entire rundown, including games, dates, times and television information from the preseason through the regular season in coach Kevin Stefanski’s first year at the helm.—
Daniel Flick,
AJC.com,
15 May 2026
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“Mid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mid. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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