happy medium

noun

: a good choice or condition that avoids any extremes

The car's designers have found/struck a happy medium between affordability and luxury.

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Verdict: Signal Delivers the Best of Both Worlds Security and ease of use are often on opposite ends of the spectrum, but Signal's app remains a happy medium. —

PCMAG, 11 Dec. 2024 The fund also uses 22.7% leverage, which is a happy medium—not high enough to add much risk but still sufficient to boost returns. —

Brett Owens, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024 Some of my guys play kind of boppy, and some guys play modernist, and some guys play more swing-oriented, so this is a happy medium. —

Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 28 Nov. 2024 Somewhere inside Madison Square Garden is a happy medium for a wing who has been either under or overextended throughout his seven-year career. —

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