as in middle
occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes
four is the medial number between one and seven
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Recent Examples of medial
Jamari Stigler, 23, of Riverdale, and Diamond Taylor Harvey, 27, of Crown Point, were pronounced dead at 12:32 p.m. and 12:33 p.m., the medial examiner’s office said.
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Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
Guards began to render medial aid and brought him to the medical personnel at the prison.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 24 Feb. 2025
Officers were called to the intersection of North First and East Mission streets around 4:15 p.m. for a report of a vehicle collision involving a pedestrian, the San Jose Police Department said in a social medial post.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
The effect of caffeine on the brain was noted as particularly relevant in the right medial temporal lobe.
—New Atlas, 11 Feb. 2025
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Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
Guards began to render medial aid and brought him to the medical personnel at the prison.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 24 Feb. 2025
Officers were called to the intersection of North First and East Mission streets around 4:15 p.m. for a report of a vehicle collision involving a pedestrian, the San Jose Police Department said in a social medial post.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
The effect of caffeine on the brain was noted as particularly relevant in the right medial temporal lobe.
—New Atlas, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medial
Adjective
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On the middle floor, where Wade’s cousins used to live, a Ring camera had been installed.—
D. Watkins,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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There are five total categories: 20% off for customers who can fit through the smallest space, 15% for the next-smallest space, 10% off for the middle space, 5% off for the next-largest opening and full price for those who can only fit through the largest gap.—
Peter Burke,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Today, April 1, is the halfway mark between the 2020 and 2030 decennial census counts.—
Julie Menin,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2025
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Throughout the first three seasons — with the third currently just past the halfway mark — there has been no shortage of deaths, with even some of the show's biggest stars making unexpected departures.—
Stacy Lambe,
People.com,
15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Case in point: this two-story container house is listed at Amazon for under $50,000, less than a quarter of the current median home price.—
Staff Author,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Apr. 2025
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Bear markets accompanied by recessions had a median duration of 528 calendar days and a market decline of 32.8 percent, the firm has found, using Dow Jones industrial average data since 1900.—
Jeff Sommer,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Reopened March 28 after a third inspection found three intermediate and seven basic violations.—
Kari Barnett,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2025
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When moving slowly, 74 percent of individuals avoided energetically costly areas, and this increased to 86 percent at intermediate speeds and then to 93 percent at fast speeds.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Since then, DeepMind has become a central part of its parent company’s drive to cash in on the cutting-edge technology, as investors expressed concern that the Big Tech group had ceded its early lead to the likes of ChatGPT maker OpenAI.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
1 Apr. 2025
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More than 10,000 buildings are collapsed or severely damaged in central and northwest Myanmar, the U.N. humanitarian agency said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Flaws Of Traditional Financial Systems Traditional payment systems are expensive due to intermediary banks as well as credit card networks.—
Raymond Qu,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The current process often involves sending funds through intermediary countries like the UK or US.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Temperature could drop as low as the upper 40s to near 50 in South Florida suburbs, and to the low to mid 50s along the coast.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Mar. 2025
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The East should also warm to above normal early to mid week, before cooling off again back to normal (or slightly below) late week, according to the Weather Prediction Center.—
Doyle Rice,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Medial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medial. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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