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Recent Examples of middler
The Patriots won 14 games — a whopping 10 more than the year before — but didn’t play a lot of great quarterbacks, a middler’s row that included Cam Ward, Spencer Rattler, Dillon Gabriel and a 40-year-old Joe Flacco.
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Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
In his eighth season, Scott has helped transform Pembroke from a Patriot League middler into a state title contender.
—Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2022
For a middler, a shirt with its own pulley system is the wardrobe in the drama of celebrity.
—Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, 10 Aug. 2017
Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
In his eighth season, Scott has helped transform Pembroke from a Patriot League middler into a state title contender.
—Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2022
For a middler, a shirt with its own pulley system is the wardrobe in the drama of celebrity.
—Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, 10 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for middler
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Led by a freshman Ray Allen, juniors Donny and Donyell Marshall and Kevin Ollie, and freshman Doron Sheffer, these Huskies went 27-4 in the regular season and 16-2 in the Big East, earning the regular season conference title.—
Kels Dayton,
Hartford Courant,
17 Mar. 2026
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Valparaiso’s team, all three of them juniors, focused on limiting fossil fuels’ impact on the environment, while Chesterton’s team, all of them seniors, drilled home the impact on water scarcity when data centers are concentrated in areas where sufficient green energy sources are available.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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As a prerequisite, undergraduates also make a commitment to teach at an at-risk school in the state for five years.—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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The semi-autobiographical book chronicles the derailing life of Esther Greenwood, a talented undergraduate student who begins an internship with a New York City magazine.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Mar. 2026
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At the time he was detained, Contreras was a freshman at Ellis Preparatory Academy in Marble Hill, a school that caters to older newcomers who want to continue studying and go to college.—
Lisa Rozner,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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With a lot of pressure on A&M to perform after a down year in 2025, relying on a true freshman at a critical position is definitely a gamble.—
Tony Catalina,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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With shooting splits around 47/36/87, the sophomore is on pace for a national profile in the next two years.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Still, there’s plenty to improve, which is part of the reason why Evans stuck around for his sophomore year at Duke rather than head to the NBA after his freshman year like Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel did.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Mar. 2026
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Neither child has been publicly identified, though the 5-year-old boy was a kindergartener at Timberline Elementary, Principal Mary Bowens wrote in a Wednesday email to parents.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
11 Mar. 2026
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White paper over a white tablecloth, pinned there like mittens on a kindergartner’s coat.—
Mike Sutter,
San Antonio Express-News,
25 Feb. 2026
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This caused a bit of a scramble for USA Hockey to fill a roster using collegians and minor leaguers playing in Europe and elsewhere.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
11 Feb. 2026
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Ever since Posey took over in October 2024, the organization has made a concerted effort to pack its minor-league system with contact hitters, spending high draft picks on collegians such as Gavin Kilen (Tennessee) and Trevor Cohen (Rutgers), who posted high averages and low strikeout rates.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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The comic book movie told the classic origin story of high schooler Peter Parker (Garfield), who, thanks to being bitten by a radioactive spider, turns into the masked vigilante.—
Christopher Rudolph,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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In the 1986 John Hughes film, Broderick portrayed Ferris Bueller, a happy-go-lucky high schooler who decides to take the day off, and magically has everything go his way.—
Dan Heching,
CNN Money,
25 Aug. 2025
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When Disney started to cast a new sitcom about a middle schooler secretly moonlighting as a pop star, Cyrus initially auditioned for the sidekick role, Lilly, who was ultimately played by Emily Osment.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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The middle schooler had been begging to opt out, citing headaches from the Chromebook screen and a dislike of the AI chatbot recently integrated into it.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Middler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middler. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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