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midsts

noun

plural of midst

as in centers

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 depths

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

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Recent Examples of midsts Though that region was dubbed the whisky capital of the world in the Victorian Era – with more than 30 distilleries in its midsts – today Glen Scotia is one of just three that remain. — Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Fort Worth is considering new restrictions on where and how data centers can be built, including a potential 90-day pause on new development, as residents raise concerns about the impact on their neighborhoods.

— Erin Jones, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
The commission, formed earlier in 2026 after several council members called for a local moratorium, has spent roughly two months working on a 150-page report outlining recommendations for how the city could regulate data centers.

— Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of centers

Noun

Microscopic shards of plastic have been found everywhere scientists have looked, from the depths of the ocean to the clouds above.

— Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
Acknowledgement of the defensive limitations of certain rotation components could have potentially forestalled the drop to defensive depths.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of depths

Noun

The Kritzers are both middles, but the Redhawks didn’t have a true right-side hitter going into the season.

— Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Juxtapositions of seemingly unlike topics (plants and gender, feral dogs and nuclear weapons) give way to Venn diagrams, with Johnson dwelling in their overlapping middles.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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