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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
Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
The benefits are more intangible: a chance to showcase and celebrate the work of a department’s officers, the opportunity to improve their image in the eyes of the public, and some acknowledgement for victims who might be overlooked by the media.
—Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 29 Mar. 2025
Aparna Rae, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
The Greta Ballet Flat $98 Madewell Sizes: 5–12 in medium and wide
Colors: 9 options
Material: Leather
Madewell’s best-selling slip-on ballet flats are a goes-with-everything pair that adds a chic, stylish touch to everyday outfits.
—Nina Derwin, Glamour, 19 Mar. 2025
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Noun
In a statement obtained PEOPLE, the city denied reports from Italian and international media outlets that weddings organizers for the Amazon founder, 61, and former journalist, 55, had booked large amounts of hotel rooms as well as gondolas and water taxis for daily transportation.
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Organizations in all sectors need to pay attention and move the needle by:
Investing in short, medium and long-arc strategy training for employees at all levels.
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The shoe dropping, the call in the middle of the night, the attempt to take her emotional temperature on every phone call.—
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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.—
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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.—
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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.—
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The Garden Says… is not just an environment but an invitation—one that encourages return, exploration, and the continuous possibility of new meetings.—
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The film takes place within an inhospitable environment where brushes with outlaws (and the law itself) can lead to death by gunfire.—
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But for me, what matters is the emotional value of those psychics working in reality and, of course, in the film.—
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In their gloomy forecasting, some of the psychics mention a twin flame, someone whom AP connected with in a past life.—
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In the following days, streaming services and radio stations removed him from their playlists, CMT began removing his appearances from its platforms, and his booking agent, WME, dropped him.—
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Episodes can be accessed via all major platforms, including Apple Podcast, iHeartRadio, Spotify and YouTube.—
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These projections estimate how many points a team would score and allow in a game against an average opponent on a neutral court.—
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If the data is sorted between periods when the U.S. economy entered recession within those 12 months after the correction, the results are less compelling at a 1.9% average gain.—
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Today is the halfway point of the annual Sunshine Week, to promote openness and transparency in government nationwide.—
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With the season now having hit its halfway point, with only four more episodes to go, here are some of the questions that The White Lotus' legion of die-hard fans desperately want answered.—
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His character is a foreman, a father, a friend — just a decent, salt-of-the-earth dude, albeit one with a Costco-sized body count from his distant past.—
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The Seagate Expansion desktop hard drive stores a ridiculous 28 terabytes of data inside its relatively small footprint, with decent speed for a drive of this type and simple setup on both Windows and iOS machines.—
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“Medium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medium. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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