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as in mean
a middle point between extremes
his salary is exactly at the middle of the company's pay scale
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as in halfway
occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes
you must mark the exact middle point of each of these lines in order to solve the problem
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as in average
being about midway between extremes of amount or size
a house that is middle-sized for that neighborhood a man of middle height
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Recent Examples of middle
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
30 June 2026
Berg crossed into the middle of the box to Haaland, who had an open net to shoot at.
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Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Following a leadoff single in the sixth inning, Hoerner took off running for second base on a full-count pitch to Michael Conforto, who hit a grounder up the middle, slightly to the left of the mound.
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Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 June 2026
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Noun
Kaishu Sano stole a pass in the middle of the field and then did the rest, running down the middle of the pitch before burying a right-footed strike into the left side of the goal, his first score in international play.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
30 June 2026
Berg crossed into the middle of the box to Haaland, who had an open net to shoot at.
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Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
Adjective
The term describes the growing fortunes of America's top earners, while low- and middle-income earners are failing to keep up.
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Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Following a leadoff single in the sixth inning, Hoerner took off running for second base on a full-count pitch to Michael Conforto, who hit a grounder up the middle, slightly to the left of the mound.
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Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle
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At the moment, Congress is having a terrible time deciding how to levy taxes, go to war, protect Social Security, confirm judges and live within its means.
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Even a ceremony of modest means involves a financial output for a ceremony venue, the bride’s dress, and more.
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The Dodgers are in the midst of playing 13 games in 13 days, and Roberts wanted to make sure that the Japanese sensation got a break.
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Colorado’s entire bipartisan congressional delegation has criticized the holdup of this funding in the midst of this year’s drought.
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While doing press for her film, The Odyssey, in New York City, the actress wore a bright red jumpsuit with a drop-waist peplum that showed off her baby bump.
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My dad, a police detective, made sure the Klansman saw his service revolver on his waist.
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The Pirates are 9 1/2 games behind the National League Central Division leading Milwaukee Brewers – but only two games out of a playoff spot at the halfway point in the season.
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Dude’s pretty darn good with halfway decent quarterback play.
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That adds up to just $15,080 a year, based on a standard 40-hour workweek—less than a third of the average American’s salary of around $60,000 yearly.
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The battery life errs more on the average side and lacks magnetic charging, but the $200 Fourth of July discount makes up for it.
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The stock trades at a reasonable 24-times the midpoint of that range.
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That’s projected to almost double this year, to $135 billion at the midpoint of its guidance range.
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Neto bobbled the ball for an error, though, and Contreras crushed Johnson’s next pitch for his 20th homer, a 446-foot shot to left-center that left his bat at 112 mph and gave Boston a 5-3 lead.
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The incident happened less than a week after another child was found dead inside a car at a Plantation early learning center last Monday.
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Its growing mid-range uninhabited strike capacity can help isolate Russian forces, degrade Crimea’s military utility, pressure Russia’s logistics network, and create openings for traditional airpower.
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Warm and increasingly muggy Tuesday night in Maryland After peaking in the upper 80s and low-to-mid 90s, temperatures will only slowly cool back through the 80s this evening as humidity increases.
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“Middle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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