as in waist
the middle region of the human torso did exercises to strengthen the muscles in her midsection

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Recent Examples of midsection The 93-mph sinker hit Salazar in his midsection. Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025 During the day, the bed folds up via a split-hinge design that allows the foot section to lift clean to the ceiling and the midsection to fold back vertically against the alcove that houses the head of the mattress. New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2025 Early on, many Falcons players and coaches misinterpreted his squatty 6-foot-3-ish, 305-pound frame and notably rounded midsection as a lack of athleticism. Josh Kendall, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025 At that trial one of the men testified that Saunders had the man, who was wearing only shorts, lay on his back on his bed, with a towel covering his midsection. Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 6 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for midsection
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waist
Noun
  • Johnson styled it simply with some silver and black cocktail rings, wearing her signature bangs and waist-length hair long and loose.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The color, the silhouette, the daringly low drop waist—this is definitely a first!
    Glamour, Glamour, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Midsection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midsection. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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