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
The Warriors and Lancers finished as co-champions last season, so middles Jocund Binder and Alman Hassan will look to be part of the winning recipe for an outright title in 2026.
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Justin Vigil Zuniga, Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026
House Flies House flies are about 1/4 inch long with four dark stripes down their middles.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026
Both stories have been condensed to their main scenes and songs but still contain full stories with beginnings, middles and ends.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2026
Then, a quick stint under the broiler crisps the edges, creating that irresistible combo of golden, crunchy exteriors and tender, middles.
—Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2026
They are led by junior outside hitter Grace Houston (318 kills) and middles Kaylani Feliciano-Taele (227), Brooke Stark (151) and Samantha Nichols (124).
—Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 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
Justin Vigil Zuniga, Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026
House Flies House flies are about 1/4 inch long with four dark stripes down their middles.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026
Both stories have been condensed to their main scenes and songs but still contain full stories with beginnings, middles and ends.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2026
Then, a quick stint under the broiler crisps the edges, creating that irresistible combo of golden, crunchy exteriors and tender, middles.
—Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2026
They are led by junior outside hitter Grace Houston (318 kills) and middles Kaylani Feliciano-Taele (227), Brooke Stark (151) and Samantha Nichols (124).
—Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 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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Starting a garden means walking into a hardware store and facing walls of tools engineered to separate you from your cash.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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Trump has tried to continue his tariffs via other means, although his latest across-the-board 15% tariff is limited to 150 days unless Congress votes to extend it.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
9 Mar. 2026
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This phase would most likely have included the use of cruise missiles, stealth bombers, and drones to hit air defense installations and command centers.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Mar. 2026
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One of the Chinese ministries involved in the joint centers helped organize the World Conference of Classics.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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Ants Termites have straight bodies with broad waists, as well as straight antennae.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2026
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Mud Daubers Mud daubers are dark, black wasps with yellow markings and long thin waists.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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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Eco effort Water from the lake is pumped from depths of 164 feet and filtered into the hotel’s air conditioning system to cool the rooms in summer.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Mar. 2026
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Progress is limited by the lack of publicly available benchmark datasets with data captured from multiple types of sensors using realistic mine deployments and precise ground truth, meaning the actual positions and depths of the target mines.—
Sagar Lekhak,
The Conversation,
5 Mar. 2026
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Allam, a 32-year-old Durham County Commissioner, is running to the left of Foushee, 69, framing her candidacy as part of a broader rejection of longtime Democratic norms.—
Elena Moore,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2026
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At a geopolitical level, efforts to establish norms for AI use in the military domain have been uneven.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Can software alone meet safety standards once defined by mechanical systems?—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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The Downey Fire Department rescue vehicle that responded was not equipped with a Tremco anti-theft locking device required under state law and applicable Fire Department standards, the family’s attorneys argue.—
Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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The new research, published in the journal Nature, reviewed hundreds of scientific studies and hazard assessments, calculating that about 90% of them underestimated baseline coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Researchers studied hundreds of scientific studies and hazard assessments, calculating that about 90% of them underestimated baseline coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot (30 centimeters), according to Wednesday's study in the journal Nature.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Middles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middles. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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