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Recent Examples of midst
Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
Hilda is Mal’s favorite character in The Sims, and Mal keeps spending time with her because Mal is in the midst of a classic period of teenage retreat from the self.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 May 2026
This made the proceedings of the meeting— a discussion of financial crisis in the midst of extended financial stability— a vivid illustration of the tensions inherent in prevailing views about money.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
Mitchell was in the midst of a historic second-half scoring showcase, and Cunningham looked intent on putting an end to it.
—Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 12 May 2026
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Noun
Trump demonizes immigrants and has launched a sweeping mass-deportation campaign that was cheered by the far right across Europe; Sánchez resists such nativism, and his government is in the midst of a program to give legal status to some half a million undocumented migrants living in Spain.
—Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
Hilda is Mal’s favorite character in The Sims, and Mal keeps spending time with her because Mal is in the midst of a classic period of teenage retreat from the self.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 May 2026
This made the proceedings of the meeting— a discussion of financial crisis in the midst of extended financial stability— a vivid illustration of the tensions inherent in prevailing views about money.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
Mitchell was in the midst of a historic second-half scoring showcase, and Cunningham looked intent on putting an end to it.
—Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for midst
Noun
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Supply constraints could take months to normalize and the impact on prices by the middle of this year could be huge.—
Tobias Burns,
CNBC,
10 May 2026
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Grande will be in the middle of the Eternal Sunshine tour when the record arrives.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
10 May 2026
Preposition
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Divide noodles, chicken, and peas among bowls, then ladle broth into each (about a heaping ¼ cup per bowl).—
Rebecca Firkser,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 May 2026
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In a region of rough roads, Chispa is among the roughest.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
Noun
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But Patrick Mahomes, who tore his ACL last December, is ahead of schedule and will likely be under center when these two teams square off in early November.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026
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The tension spilled into election issues, including accusations that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco seized ballots in a voter‑fraud investigation, now at the center of a legal fight with the state attorney general.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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“Midst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midst. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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