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as in mean
a middle point between extremes
his salary is exactly at the middle of the company's pay scale
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as in halfway
occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes
you must mark the exact middle point of each of these lines in order to solve the problem
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as in average
being about midway between extremes of amount or size
a house that is middle-sized for that neighborhood a man of middle height
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Recent Examples of middle
Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 22 Mar. 2026
Junior setter Braeden Fiore will have plenty of good options to choose from in senior outsides Ben Pryor and Declan Garvey, senior right-side hitter Joey Vellenga and senior middle Aiden Schindler.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
Recently Barnes & Noble has tried to convince more publishers to publish paperback originals, particularly for YA and middle grade books.
—Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026
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Noun
The Lakers led by as many as 14 points in the first quarter, but across a span running through the middle of the second quarter, the Magic outscored the Lakers 22-2 to take a lead that held up for most of the night.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 22 Mar. 2026
Junior setter Braeden Fiore will have plenty of good options to choose from in senior outsides Ben Pryor and Declan Garvey, senior right-side hitter Joey Vellenga and senior middle Aiden Schindler.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
Adjective
While Capote was still a child writing his first short stories in Monroeville, Alabama, Darger was a middle-aged hospital janitor in Chicago quietly filling his tiny apartment with hundreds of paintings and drawings and thousands and thousands of pages of writing.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
Recently Barnes & Noble has tried to convince more publishers to publish paperback originals, particularly for YA and middle grade books.
—Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle
Noun
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Gilman says the city must now make these painful cuts to live within its means, but can't cut its way to financial health, needing to grow new revenue with the help of foundations and nonprofits and fostering new development and new business.—
Andy Sheehan,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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The term includes everyone from star kids to newbies with limited means.—
Taran Khan,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Her publicist turned manager, Billy (Dan Bucatinsky, also an executive producer of the series), has become encased in a bubble of success, too, and is in the midst of floating off into rich-gay megalomania.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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Iran is in the midst of a six-year drought.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In northern O'ahu, members of the National Guard trudged through waist-deep water to help stranded drivers and mudbound homeowners.—
Matt Gutman,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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The system is worn around the waist and legs, with a structural frame extending along the back and toward the knees.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Around the halfway point, though, the situation began to change.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Mar. 2026
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Biro’s sending off came after battling for the ball with Charlotte FC striker Idan Toklomati on the halfway line.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This double-digit spread is orders of magnitude greater than the historical average spread of fewer than $5.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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Tiny Goliath Trounces an Even Tinier David<\/h2>
While the iPad will continue to help the average user get by with paying the bills or writing their next breakout sci-fi novel, while maybe even tweaking some family photos, the MacBook Neo’s superior processor does it all better.
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PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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One notable feature is how often the stock has managed to bottom once the RSI drifts toward the midpoint of its range.—
Frank Cappelleri,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2026
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Welcome back to the Capitol, where Colorado lawmakers will pass the midpoint of the 2026 session later this week.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
9 Mar. 2026
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Voikietaitis' dominance was a theme all night as the sophomore center from Lithuania grabbed as many rebounds (11) as the Cougars had as a team in the first half.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Already the conflict has seen hundreds killed, with a blast at a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul on March 16, 2026, killing more than 400 people, according to Afghanistan’s Taliban government.—
Rabia Akhtar,
The Conversation,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The mid-spring agreement didn’t impact his ramp-up at all, Scherzer said.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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The Rams have long been a mid-major powerhouse going back to the Shaka Smart days.—
Ryan Baker,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Middle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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