golden means

noun

plural of golden mean
as in means
a middle point between extremes when it comes to money, the golden mean is saving some income, while giving yourself a modest spending allowance

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  1. means
  2. middles
  3. norms
Noun
  • Analysts attributed elevated gas prices to ongoing fighting in the Middle East, which has damaged oil infrastructure and forced firms to take up costly means of transporting crude.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Only Washington, North Carolina and Oregon tracked rejection rates with enough detail to distinguish ballots received in the mail from those received by some other means, like a ballot drop box.
    — Ken B. Morales, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of means
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
Definition of middles
Noun
  • The two districts have been strongholds for the GOP for decades, but this election could upend historic norms.
    — Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • OutKick and Fox News Digital editors actually had to discuss what was OK to share in this column that would not stretch the boundary of good taste and editorial norms.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
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