How to Use midpoint in a Sentence
midpoint
noun- The team is in last place at the midpoint of the season.
- The crowd begins to leave after the midpoint of the final period.
- The train stopped to refuel at the midpoint between New York and Chicago.
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With the loss, the Heat fell to a middling 21-20 at the midpoint of their schedule.
— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2023 -
The Knicks won for the third time in four games to reach the midpoint of their schedule at 20-21.
— Brian Mahoney, courant.com, 10 Jan. 2022 -
Sport mode keeps the engine on and is a great midpoint.
— K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 6 Mar. 2023 -
The two rays of light from points A and B meet at the midpoint, M, on the embankment.
— Kat Friedrich, Popular Mechanics, 25 July 2023 -
The Brewers have a 47-35 record one game past the midpoint of their season.
— John Perrotto, Forbes, 5 July 2022 -
If not for Wells, the Cougars would have trailed by more than six points at the midpoint of the second half.
— Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024 -
The Bengals rolled the dice on a fourth-and-1 from their own 30 at the midpoint of the second quarter.
— cleveland, 25 Sep. 2021 -
The Wings had three shots after the first period, five at the midpoint, and 20 at the end.
— Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 16 Apr. 2022 -
Now, at the midpoint of the season, the Coyotes find themselves in the throes of a playoff race.
— Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2024 -
Four were from swimming at the meet’s midpoint, but that’s by a team that won 16 in Rio.
— Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2021 -
As planned, the Wings changed goaltenders during a timeout near the midpoint of the game.
— Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 29 Sep. 2022 -
The club is winless at the midpoint of a 10-game road trip that started with a sweep in New York.
— Joe Noga, cleveland, 27 Apr. 2022 -
The All-Star weekend came at about the 60-game mark for teams, far beyond the midpoint of the 82-game schedule.
— Brian Mahoney, ajc, 21 Feb. 2022 -
Urshela has three of the Yankees’ eight three-run homers just past the midpoint of the season.
— Jake Seiner, courant.com, 4 July 2021 -
The median is the midpoint, meaning that half the homes sold for more and half sold for less.
— Mike Nolan, chicagotribune.com, 7 Sep. 2021 -
There’s plenty of mileage left to cover as the Bruins hit the midpoint of Pac-12 play.
— Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2023 -
In other words, imagine a tall iPhone that folds over in half at the midpoint.
— Yoni Heisler, BGR, 18 Mar. 2022 -
Cleveland reached the midpoint of its season with a 42-39 record.
— Brian Dulik, Chron, 4 July 2021 -
State of play: The All-Star break is the midpoint in the grueling 162-game season and gives teams a chance to take a breather.
— Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 14 July 2024 -
That’s far above the current Fed funds benchmark which is at a midpoint of 3.1%.
— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2022 -
The style goes with anything and is a midpoint between slacks and skinny pants.
— Alexis Bennett, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2023 -
Could the Aggies go into their open date at the end of that stretch, at the midpoint of their season, with a 1-5 record?
— Stephen Hawkins, Chron, 15 Sep. 2022 -
The Bucks cut it down to seven near the midpoint of the fourth before Paul helped the Suns restore a safe margin.
— Brian Mahoney, ajc, 7 July 2021 -
On Tuesday morning, the central bank set the midpoint at more than 6.85 yuan to the dollar.
— Matthew Thomas, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2022 -
Those fears have been put to rest as the sport’s initial season rolls past its midpoint.
— John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023 -
Pressure is mounting as the Chargers approach the midpoint of the season.
— Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024 -
The best thing about electronic music at the midpoint of the 2020s is that there is no center, no norm, no standard; everything is up for grabs.
— Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 11 Oct. 2024
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