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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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Recent Examples of midpoint
The remaining two groups weren’t simple midpoints on a continuum.
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Laura Clawson, JSTOR Daily, 16 Feb. 2025
The tournament took place near Miami this week at the midpoint of Unrivaled’s inaugural season, pitting some of the world’s best women’s basketball players against each other.
—Ben Pickman, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
With the midpoint of the round-robin schedule arriving this weekend, road teams are 29-40 in conference play (42 percent).
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2025
The computer uses the midpoint of home plate as the point where a ball or strike is determined.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
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Laura Clawson, JSTOR Daily, 16 Feb. 2025
The tournament took place near Miami this week at the midpoint of Unrivaled’s inaugural season, pitting some of the world’s best women’s basketball players against each other.
—Ben Pickman, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
With the midpoint of the round-robin schedule arriving this weekend, road teams are 29-40 in conference play (42 percent).
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2025
The computer uses the midpoint of home plate as the point where a ball or strike is determined.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for midpoint
Noun
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The Bar at Asher Adams The hotel's signature bar sits in the middle of its main hall built into the train station's original ticket windows with a wall of clocks above.—
Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Piling snow in the middle or at the bottom of a slope can cause a dam effect, resulting in an icy mess during freezing and thawing cycles.—
Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Vessel’s application noted that the 2.3-acre property isn’t in the midst of a purely single-family home part of town.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
5 Mar. 2025
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The singer is in the midst of his 31-date HOPE ON THE STAGE tour, which is slated to hit the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on March 13.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
5 Mar. 2025
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Hasler likens it to an orchestra of clocks, with the conductor directing from the hypothalamus, a small region within the center of the brain.—
Sarah Boden,
NPR,
9 Mar. 2025
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The puzzle at the center of The Accountant 2 matters insofar as the film needs a narrative propellant.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Midpoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midpoint. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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