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as in middle
a middle point between extremes
trying to achieve a happy medium as far as the demands of career and family are concerned
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as in instrumentality
something used to achieve an end
regards political activism on the local level as the best medium for effecting social change
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as in environment
the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded
an artist who enjoys the cultural medium of the big city
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as in psychic
a person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead
the medium claims that she can put the grieving parents in touch with the spirit of their deceased son
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as in average
being about midway between extremes of amount or size
taxpayers of medium income
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as in halfway
occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes
a politician who first reads the polls and then inevitably takes the medium stance on every issue
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as in decent
of average to below average quality
another medium effort from a movie director who can do better
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Recent Examples of medium
Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
The tour has also launched a Fan Forward process that has included speaking to roughly 50,000 consumers about how the pro circuit can adapt to today’s media world.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 6 Dec. 2024
Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
This Cuisinart gadget comes with fine and medium shredding disks, a feed tube, and a blade that both chops and mixes.
—Maggie Horton, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
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Noun
This is not the social media age with cell phones , email and other amenities.
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Now a crypto-friendly U.S. could welcome the small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) waiting on the sidelines concerned about legitimacy risks and regulatory backlash to take the invest alongside the biggest and the best and creating a great economic boost to often underserved market.
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On 2nd-and-8 from the Texas 12-yard line, Stockton took off from the pocket and burst through the middle of the Longhorns defense for a first down.Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
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The Rams have been no better than a middle of the pack team and have weaknesses the Bills can exploit.Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 6 Dec. 2024
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But the instrumentality of so many of his characters seems to have reached a nadir in The City and Its Uncertain Walls.Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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This dilemma can be solved in only one way, by the birth of a new faith, adjusted in its instrumentalities to the needs of the new century, but preserving the ultimate objectives of the old.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
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For more climate and environment news, follow @Sammy_Roth on X and @sammyroth.bsky.social on Bluesky.Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
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Executives are hoping to become the premier platform for active trading within the next one to two years, while also forecasting Robinhood will be recognized as the top global financial environment within the next 10 years.Brian Evans, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
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The canyon has long been considered sacred by Native people and, more recently, holy by pilgrims and unique by New Age mystics and psychics who believe in its spiritual powers.Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 15 Nov. 2024
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Seeking out witches, psychics, mediums, or other purveyors of magic or mysticism during times of change or uncertainty has been happening for centuries.Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
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The law requires ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban on app stores and other hosting platforms.Ted Johnson, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
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TikTok argued that the law singles out TikTok because of the content on the platform, violating the First Amendment.Zeyi Yang Makena Kelly, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
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The cold will bring daytime highs that are 10 to 20 degrees below average, in the 30s and the low 40s, from Omaha, Nebraska, to New York and stretching south.Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2024
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The average distance to the center of the Earth, by the way, is 3,959 miles.Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 29 Nov. 2024
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But as the Scotsman's final season reached its halfway point, things were more rocky than ever during his tenure.Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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With Close to $5K in Bonuses The halfway point of the NFL season is full of great matchups and money-making opportunities for bettors.David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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Also worth noting is a decent sale on shares at present, with MFIC trading at a 7% discount to net asset value (NAV).Brett Owens, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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DocuSign was up 27% Friday alone on a decent quarterly report, and has doubled from the early-August low.Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Medium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medium. Accessed 13 Dec. 2024.
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