as in middle
a middle point between extremes
both parties entered the negotiations hoping to find some middle ground
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Recent Examples of middle ground
With 8 grams of protein per serving, Three Wishes is kind of a middle ground between our two top picks.
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Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
Luckily, there’s middle ground to be found.
—Elissa Garay, AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
Listening to the Velvet Underground records, a lot of them are Lou, certainly, but Sterling’s concepts on guitar and his rhythms and melodies move the songs away from the middle ground Lou is establishing as a songwriter.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
There is no tenable middle ground here.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
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Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
Luckily, there’s middle ground to be found.
—Elissa Garay, AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
Listening to the Velvet Underground records, a lot of them are Lou, certainly, but Sterling’s concepts on guitar and his rhythms and melodies move the songs away from the middle ground Lou is establishing as a songwriter.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
There is no tenable middle ground here.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for middle ground
Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle ground
middle
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In another sketch, a woman who may be Baker herself stands in the middle of a room filled with books, handing an eager young girl—perhaps the artist, one Jeanette Harris— a volume with the title Book of Famous Women.—
April White,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Sep. 2025
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Cut a band of holes at different heights and about 1 inch apart around the middle of the pumpkin with a small sharp knife.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Middle ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle%20ground. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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