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as in middle
a middle point between extremes always choose a wine that is at the midpoint of the range of prices on the list

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as in midst
an area or point that is an equal distance from all points along an edge or outer surface that house is the precise midpoint of the school district

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Recent Examples of midpoint Then just before the midpoint of the period, Canton’s top unit delivered a lightning bolt of its own. Matt Roy, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2025 From December 2008 to present, the chart reflects the midpoint of the Federal Reserve’s target range. Jeff Cox, CNBC, 19 Mar. 2025 Understandably, Spoelstra’s focus remains on the here and now, including Monday night’s game against the Charlotte Hornets, the midpoint of this five-game homestand at Kaseya Center. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2025 Best View There are overlooks every couple of miles along Skyline, but the views really stack up around the midpoint as the road reaches its highest elevations. Graham Averill, Outside Online, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for midpoint
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Noun
  • Myers said feedback from unions and regulators prompted Norfolk Southern to extend training from a nonconsecutive, four-week program with a monthlong break in the middle to a continuous five-week one.
    Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The shoe dropping, the call in the middle of the night, the attempt to take her emotional temperature on every phone call.
    Joan Didion, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
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  • Nearly 12 years ago, Randy Travis flatlined three times in the midst of a stroke.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The entire Rio Rancho junior varsity baseball team was suspended in the midst of the probe.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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  • Functionality of these three branches and the commensurate endurance of individual liberty center squarely on society’s universal respect for the rule of law.
    Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • And an unlikely mother is forced into the center of a battle between power and destiny.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025

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“Midpoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midpoint. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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