middle ground
noun
1
: a standpoint or area midway between extreme or opposing positions, options, or objectives
Examples of middle ground in a Sentence
The judge of the case chose a middle ground between harshness and leniency.
Both sides in this debate need to do more to establish some middle ground.
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In some ways, bootcut is a middle ground between baggy and skinny jeans.
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Maliha Shoaib, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2025
Begin to shift your perception to allow flexibility in your thinking that will allow for finding a middle ground that will give way to a fresh perspective.
—Sandy Thibault, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
To be fully free, Overstreet struck a middle ground, seeding his electric abstractions with bitter political commentary.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 4 Feb. 2025
David Makovsky, an analyst at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a longtime Netanyahu observer, argues that the prime minister will try to carve out a middle ground.
—Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 29 Jan. 2025
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Maliha Shoaib, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2025
Begin to shift your perception to allow flexibility in your thinking that will allow for finding a middle ground that will give way to a fresh perspective.
—Sandy Thibault, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
To be fully free, Overstreet struck a middle ground, seeding his electric abstractions with bitter political commentary.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 4 Feb. 2025
David Makovsky, an analyst at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a longtime Netanyahu observer, argues that the prime minister will try to carve out a middle ground.
—Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 29 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for middle ground
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“Middle ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20ground. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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