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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
Katie Smith, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
Sam Goody, one of the record store giants from the golden age of physical media, is set to finally shutter its last remaining brick-and-mortar stores.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2024
PCMAG, 17 Dec. 2024
In a medium bowl, combine cake flour, cocoa powder and coconut sugar.
—Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2024
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The footage is from a Dec. 12 plane crash near the border of New York and Connecticut, according to media reports.
—Katie Smith, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
Sam Goody, one of the record store giants from the golden age of physical media, is set to finally shutter its last remaining brick-and-mortar stores.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2024
Adjective
The resource-intensive game Genshin Impact ran smoothly on the Tab Plus at medium settings with a frame rate of 60fps, though characters looked low-res.
—PCMAG, 17 Dec. 2024
In a medium bowl, combine cake flour, cocoa powder and coconut sugar.
—Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2024
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Start by breaking off pieces of the outer bread and dipping them in the cheesy middle.Melissa Santos, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
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Just like seeing the moment, came across the middle and saw nothing but the end zone.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Amtrak is also not considered a department, agency or instrumentality of the United States Government and its overseeing regulatory body, the OIG, remains open during shutdowns as well.Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 20 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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Leaders must articulate a family’s vision and foster an environment of continuous education.Francois Botha, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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But War Child’s work goes beyond that to focus on users living in environments with severely degraded, if not destroyed, infrastructure.Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 29 Dec. 2024
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During the Covid-19 pandemic, Yelp noted a 74 percent increase in Americans searching for psychics and a 63 percent uptick in searches for astrologers.Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 21 Nov. 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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Episodes debut as a boxset on January 14, 2025, on BBC Sounds in the UK and have weekly drops on other platforms.Max Goldbart, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
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If the merger to build new EV platforms and appealing products goes through, maybe three heads will be better than one.New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Dec. 2024
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As of January 2024, the average monthly retirement benefit for recipients was $1,907.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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For a gallon of regular in the Sunshine State, the average price was $2.99, a nickel cheaper than the national average of $3.04.Steve Wilson | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Dec. 2024
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The composite was compiled from a series of images Perseverance captured at roughly the halfway point of its ascent, using its Mastcam-Z cameras high on the rover's mast.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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Instead, somber faces walked, one by one, Thursday morning toward the oak tree planted along a sidewalk at the halfway mark of the annual Piedmont Turkey Trot.Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 28 Nov. 2024
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But this would be a practical and necessary change — to allow a decent time period for transition while also preventing various abuses and inefficiencies.Guy Ciarrocchi, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
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Barron is a good skater with a decent shot and strong offensive instincts, but his game in his own end has suffered from moments of indecision and a lack of assertiveness in killing plays, leading to extended shifts in the defensive zone.Arpon Basu, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Medium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medium. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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