middle ground
noun
1
: a standpoint or area midway between extreme or opposing positions, options, or objectives
Examples of middle ground in a Sentence
The judge of the case chose a middle ground between harshness and leniency.
Both sides in this debate need to do more to establish some middle ground.
Recent Examples on the Web
Only two House Democrats — Reps. Lloyd Doggett (Tex.) and Raúl Grijalva (Ariz.) — had publicly called for Biden’s exit, though several others have tread a middle ground in saying Biden can’t beat Trump in November.
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Jacqueline Alemany, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
Ultimately, of course, there is a middle ground: eliminating the building itself but erecting a lasting memorial to those who were lost, as Uvalde and other communities have chosen.
—Ted Anthony, Sun Sentinel, 18 June 2024
What may be most striking in this scene, and many others like it, is the absence of any middle—a middle ground or a middle narrative that shows humans exercising their historic role as a fire agent and mediating between these two otherwise exclusionary visions.
—Stephen Pyne, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
Now, research out of UW-Madison offers a potential middle ground.
—Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2024
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Jacqueline Alemany, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
Ultimately, of course, there is a middle ground: eliminating the building itself but erecting a lasting memorial to those who were lost, as Uvalde and other communities have chosen.
—Ted Anthony, Sun Sentinel, 18 June 2024
What may be most striking in this scene, and many others like it, is the absence of any middle—a middle ground or a middle narrative that shows humans exercising their historic role as a fire agent and mediating between these two otherwise exclusionary visions.
—Stephen Pyne, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
Now, research out of UW-Madison offers a potential middle ground.
—Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for middle ground
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“Middle ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20ground. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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