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middle of the road

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phrase

as in middle
a middle point between extremes I'm in the middle of the road on that issue.

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Recent Examples of middle-of-the-road
Adjective
For its part, Barclays on Wednesday issued a middle-of-the-road view on Dover. Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024 When the vice-presidential candidates squared off in their first and only debate last night, Vance was masterful at dodging tough questions, reframing inconvenient truths, and presenting himself as a reasonable middle-of-the-road thinker committed to substantive and nuanced discussion. Diane Brady, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024 Atlanta’s Todd Fought had a middle-of-the-road weekend for Atlanta, but still sits #1 for the season for active challenger players. Todd Boss, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 Between its versatility and middle-of-the-road intensity that’s appropriate for most users, the Homedics 3-in-1 is a great choice for your first at-home foot massager. Sarah Bradley, Verywell Health, 12 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for middle-of-the-road 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle-of-the-road
Adjective
  • The commission’s goal is an average of 85 out of 100 over the course of three years on the pavement condition index, meaning streets are only in moderate distress and require mostly preventative maintenance.
    Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Biden eked out an electoral college victory, having campaigned as a moderate, a stabilizer.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The bravura sixth episode depicts the Price sisters, incarcerated for detonating a car bomb in central London, stage a hunger strike in order to be moved into a prison back in Northern Ireland.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
  • In addition, the Dropbox DBX Platform offers integration with multiple tools and provides a central location to connect content, devices, and apps.
    Robert Anderson, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • That’s well away from most other deer — and hunters, who are focusing on better-looking ground with better traditional habitat hundreds of yards away.
    Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The Japan Times reported that the letters were carved into a wooden pillar of a traditional entrance, known as a torii gate, at the Meiji Shrine.
    Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024

Thesaurus Entries Near middle-of-the-road

middle of nowhere

middle-of-the-road

middle of the road

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“Middle-of-the-road.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle-of-the-road. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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