midterm
noun
mid·term
ˈmid-ˌtərm (usual for sense 1b) 
-ˈtərm
1
a
: the middle of an academic term
b
: an examination at midterm
2
: the approximate middle of a term of office
Examples of midterm in a Sentence
The students will be busy taking midterms next week.
He dropped the course before midterm.
assessing the President's performance at midterm
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His party suffered catastrophic collapse in that year’s midterm election.
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Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2025
An independent judiciary, federalism, bicameralism, and midterm elections—all absent in Hungary, for instance—will likely limit the scope of Trump’s authoritarianism.
—Steven Levitsky, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2025
The 2022 elections broke the previous record for being the most expensive midterm election races in U.S. history, at $8.9 billion.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Feb. 2025
Even before Peters's retirement, his Michigan seat already looked like one of the marquee Senate races in the 2026 midterm elections.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2025
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Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2025
An independent judiciary, federalism, bicameralism, and midterm elections—all absent in Hungary, for instance—will likely limit the scope of Trump’s authoritarianism.
—Steven Levitsky, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2025
The 2022 elections broke the previous record for being the most expensive midterm election races in U.S. history, at $8.9 billion.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Feb. 2025
Even before Peters's retirement, his Michigan seat already looked like one of the marquee Senate races in the 2026 midterm elections.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Midterm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/midterm. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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