as in moderate
avoiding major social change or extreme political ideas
a candidate with middle-of-the-road views on most hot-button issues
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middle of the road
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as in middle
a middle point between extremes
I'm in the middle of the road on that issue.
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Recent Examples of middle-of-the-road
Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 10 July 2025
One middle-of-the-road season shouldn't force the team to cut ties with one of its best players.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
This is a middle-of-the-road status and does come with some ok benefits.
—David Rae, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
The Flyers could conceivably use some of those picks in trades, while also keeping enough of them to bolster what looks like a middle-of-the-road farm system.
—Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 19 June 2025
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Adjective
So this episode served as the Gang's uproarious middle finger to a television industry that prefers more middle-of-the-road, inoffensive crowd-pleasers, as the Paddy's crew swallowed their pride and entered the Annual Bar Association's best bar in Philly contest.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 10 July 2025
One middle-of-the-road season shouldn't force the team to cut ties with one of its best players.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
This is a middle-of-the-road status and does come with some ok benefits.
—David Rae, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
The Flyers could conceivably use some of those picks in trades, while also keeping enough of them to bolster what looks like a middle-of-the-road farm system.
—Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle-of-the-road
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Regardless of estrogen influence, limiting meat and including moderate levels of dairy within a plant-rich diet may keep your heart healthier.3 4.—
Lauren O'Connor,
Health,
6 Aug. 2025
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The smoke has led to hazy skies and moderate air quality levels across much of the Puget Sound region.—
Hannah Parry
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Aug. 2025
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Sure, the work on NANDA takes place in the context of other protocols like A2A and, famously, MCP, but since those other projects are tied to leading AI companies, why not involve academia in something so central to future interface design?—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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The country's total fertility rate, or the average number of children a woman is expected to have, fell to 1.15 in 2024 from 1.2 the previous year, despite extensive local and central government incentives, and some of the world's most generous parental leave policies.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Everything packs down into the carrying bag, which has a separate pocket for the collapsible pole (a game changer for folks who have wrestled with traditional camping gear and stuff sacks).—
Francesca Krempa,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Aug. 2025
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The concept quickly took off in media coverage as evocative shorthand for a puzzling phenomenon: by many traditional metrics, the economy of the Biden years was strong, especially by the second half of his tenure, when high rates of inflation started to slow.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Middle-of-the-road.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle-of-the-road. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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