How to Use midpoint in a Sentence

midpoint

noun
  • The team is in last place at the midpoint of the season.
  • The crowd begins to leave after the midpoint of the final period.
  • The train stopped to refuel at the midpoint between New York and Chicago.
  • With the loss, the Heat fell to a middling 21-20 at the midpoint of their schedule.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Sport mode keeps the engine on and is a great midpoint.
    K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The two rays of light from points A and B meet at the midpoint, M, on the embankment.
    Kat Friedrich, Popular Mechanics, 25 July 2023
  • The Brewers have a 47-35 record one game past the midpoint of their season.
    John Perrotto, Forbes, 5 July 2022
  • If not for Wells, the Cougars would have trailed by more than six points at the midpoint of the second half.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Now, at the midpoint of the season, the Coyotes find themselves in the throes of a playoff race.
    Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2024
  • As planned, the Wings changed goaltenders during a timeout near the midpoint of the game.
    Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 29 Sep. 2022
  • There’s plenty of mileage left to cover as the Bruins hit the midpoint of Pac-12 play.
    Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2023
  • That’s far above the current Fed funds benchmark which is at a midpoint of 3.1%.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The style goes with anything and is a midpoint between slacks and skinny pants.
    Alexis Bennett, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Could the Aggies go into their open date at the end of that stretch, at the midpoint of their season, with a 1-5 record?
    Stephen Hawkins, Chron, 15 Sep. 2022
  • On Tuesday morning, the central bank set the midpoint at more than 6.85 yuan to the dollar.
    Matthew Thomas, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Those fears have been put to rest as the sport’s initial season rolls past its midpoint.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
  • At the time, the Suns had a 17-point lead shortly after the second quarter’s midpoint.
    Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Opening the door lands one at the midpoint of the 570-square-foot single-level home, where the flooring is oak in all but the kitchen and bath.
    John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The feeling of fall is in the air and the college football season has almost reached ts midpoint.
    USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2022
  • On the other hand, the Wild are a game shy of the midpoint of their season and are buried near the bottom — 13th of 16 teams — of the Western Conference.
    John Shipley, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Park near the base and enjoy the view from below (there’s a pretty footbridge at the falls’ midpoint), or hike to the top of the falls via a 2.6-mile out-and-back trail.
    Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Profit per share would drop 5% from a year earlier at the midpoint of that range.
    Charley Grant, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2023
  • And then came the drop, one that’s been steadily ongoing since the series’ midpoint.
    Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The heavenly lights are for signs, seasons, days, and years, and at this time of year in the city the sun hits an annual midpoint.
    Christian Schneider, National Review, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The midpoint of the football season’s middle month could be the end of the line for the defending Pac-12 champions.
    oregonlive, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The major league strike zone is a three-dimensional prism above the plate that runs from the midpoint between the shoulders and top of the pants to the bottom of the kneecaps.
    Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2023
  • But the Bruins surged ahead after making five of 10 three-pointers by the game’s midpoint.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2023
  • But waiting games are easier when not even at the midpoint of the 80-game season.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
  • At the midpoint of its IPO price range, Kenvue earns a neutral rating.
    David Trainer, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • For the measurement, a thread was looped over the midpoint of each web, so that the entire structure was encircled by the thread.
    Ashley Stimpson, Popular Mechanics, 27 Dec. 2022

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