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Definition of midstnext
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as in middle
an area or point that is an equal distance from all points along an edge or outer surface stood in the midst of the crowd

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as in height
the most intense or characteristic phase of something in the midst of illustrating a new book

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midst

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preposition

as in among
in or into the middle of gave a victory speech midst cheering supporters

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Recent Examples of midst
Noun
Organizers including the San Diego Fire-Rescue Foundation and Rotary Club of La Jolla are in the midst of a fundraising campaign that has included public meetings, a walk-through of the space and a private fundraiser this week. Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025 That said, Brian Newberry's team is in the midst of a solid campaign, winning each of its first seven games before falling to North Texas this past weekend. Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025 Colts running back Jonathan Taylor is also in the midst of an outstanding season. Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025 Last March, in the midst of the team’s doldrums — when Zuccarello was healthy but Kaprizov was not — Zuccarello waited in the room to speak to the media, unrequested, on behalf of the team on at least one occasion. Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for midst
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Noun
  • Arsenal’s first half in the 4-1 home win against Aston Villa a week ago — when the visitors continuously broke through the middle of the pitch — was the perfect example of what happens when their partnership is split up, in this case by Rice’s knee injury.
    Thom Harris, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The Antarctic ice sheet is essentially a very slow-moving frozen river, with ice flowing from the middle of Antarctica out to sea.
    Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 6 Jan. 2026
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  • Reza Pahlavi himself has distributed messages calling for defections among the armed forces, and coordinated protests through QR codes.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2026
  • One proposal gaining support at least among progressive members is a payroll tax, loosely modeled after a Massachusetts measure, targeting companies that do not offer employees health insurance.
    Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026
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  • It’ll be deployed to Google DeepMind and Hyundai’s Robotics Metaplant Applications center in the coming months, and additional customers will adopt it in early 2027.
    Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
  • This path begins with choosing leaders who will put principle over politics and ideology, with a promise to focus on the middle class as the center of every policy.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2026

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“Midst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midst. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.

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