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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for middler
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Rianna Bernal, who was third in last year’s state meet at 125 pounds while a junior at Lemoore High, transferred to Marina.—
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The junior ran for 133 yards on 22 carries — averaging 6 yards per rush.—
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Dinh was among 611 students who received undergraduate and graduate degrees from the campus in Harrisonburg, Virginia.—
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In San Francisco, Vanderbilt plans to serve about 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students and anticipates opening its campus in the city around 2027 and 2028, pending regulatory approvals.—
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Jacksonville's lead grew to as many as 15 points in the second half before UCA freshman guard Luke Moore hit a three-pointer to cut into it.—
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Wagler, one of the top freshmen in the country, finished with five rebounds and three assists.—
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Rising redshirt senior Rey Sanchez and rising sophomore William Weisberg will return at punter.—
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But when Zee returned last fall as a sophomore, far fewer students were reading the Observer.—
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Thomas Nebel, 5, a kindergartner from Glenview, had his face painted with a blue shark.—
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Ensuring the wide-eyed kindergartner pacing the halls realizes their eventual potential.—
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Pierce, though, is the leader due to his experience as a sixth-year collegian.—
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Especially when that Beers — CSU tight end and Valor Christian alum Rocky Beers — stands 6-foot-5, weighs 250 pounds, and is looking to party in the north end zone at Canvas Stadium after his first-ever multi-score game as a collegian.—
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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.—
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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.—
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The middle schooler's accomplice in the murder is revealed in episode 2.—
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The middle schooler managed to crawl out of the woods and find a bicyclist on a sidewalk.—
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“Middler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middler. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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