1
as in means
a middle point between extremes
his salary is exactly at the middle of the company's pay scale
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2
as in centers
an area or point that is an equal distance from all points along an edge or outer surface
put the serving dish in the middle of the table
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3
as in waists
the middle region of the human torso
clutched the football tightly against her middle
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Recent Examples of middles
They are led by junior outside hitter Grace Houston (318 kills) and middles Kaylani Feliciano-Taele (227), Brooke Stark (151) and Samantha Nichols (124).
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Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
House Flies House flies are about 1/4 inch long with four dark stripes down their middles.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2025
The middles seem strong Peter Skoronski, Lloyd Cushenberry III and Kevin Zeitler make up a solid trio in the middle of the offense.
—Nick Suss, The Tennessean, 18 Aug. 2025
Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
House Flies House flies are about 1/4 inch long with four dark stripes down their middles.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2025
The middles seem strong Peter Skoronski, Lloyd Cushenberry III and Kevin Zeitler make up a solid trio in the middle of the offense.
—Nick Suss, The Tennessean, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for middles
Noun
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Running out of battery mid-flight means missing entertainment and the chance to use apps that help manage nervousness or track turbulence.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Jan. 2026
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Manufacturers would also have to provide a means for first responders to access the car from outside when electric power is lost.—
Andrea Guzmán,
Austin American Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
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Roughly half of the nation’s major air traffic control centers are experiencing staff shortages, the Federal Aviation Administration told ABC News.—
Chase Jordan
Updated November 7,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Nov. 2025
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Even as this risk rises rapidly, there are still plans for launching mega constellations of tiny satellites akin to those that are already orbiting as part of SpaceX’s Starlink system, along with a newly emerging push for orbital data centers such as Nvidia’s Starcloud.—
Humberto Basilio,
Scientific American,
7 Nov. 2025
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As the twentieth century progresses, Steele moves from Christian Dior’s New Look—which brought back feminine opulence in the postwar period, with decadent skirts and cinched waists—to the rise of punk as a style that emphasized abjection, discomfort, and aggression.—
Leslie Jamison,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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The prototype — designed, like the Miura, by Gandini — first appeared at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show, an impossible doorstop of a spaceship with a roofline that barely came up to the waists of the go-go-boot-wearing models who posed alongside it.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
6 Nov. 2025
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The rail mounts on the frame can be locked at several different heights, while the mat’s rail is fixed at the midpoints of its left and right edges.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
23 Sep. 2025
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The ocean, with its variable currents, depths and temperatures, is a starkly different environment.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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After all, when in Scorpio, Venus has no choice but to face the depths of passion, power and control, which is in turn reflected in collective relationships.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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The organization is working to transform cultural norms and narratives surrounding aging, disability and care, as well as make change through federal and state-level policies and build power among the people who have been touched by care.—
Katherine Schaffstall,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
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This report was prepared for a review committee and shared with them by another scientist-pal, a breach of professional norms that later drew criticism.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
7 Nov. 2025
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Rather, the slow start (by Ovechkin’s standards) to this season seemed due more to poor puck luck.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
6 Nov. 2025
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For starters, he or she will be armed with some of the top TV and film incentives in the nation, crediting up to 40 percent of qualified expenses against taxes for productions that meet a series of minimum standards.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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With some estimates putting wave heights as much as 35 feet, weakened hatch covers would have been vulnerable to such waves.—
Stephen J. Beard,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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During that episode, lava fountains from the south vent reached 1,500 feet, while eruptions from the north vent reached heights of 1,100 feet, according to the USGS.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Middles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middles. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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