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as in average
being about midway between extremes of amount or size
tired of the city but not particularly interested in small-town life, he moved to a suburb of middling size
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as in decent
of average to below average quality
was disappointed in the renowned historian's latest book, which is only middling
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Recent Examples of middling
His younger brother, Tommie, hit .229 with 13 homers across seven middling big-league seasons.
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Despite being a middling defensive team over the entire season, the Bulls have posted the seventh-worst defensive rating (118) in the NBA over the last 10 games.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
Ditto for Igor Shesterkin on a middling Rangers team.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
Sporting a middling 29-24 record on the year, the Bucks are currently just the No. 5 seed in the Easter Conference.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Despite being a middling defensive team over the entire season, the Bulls have posted the seventh-worst defensive rating (118) in the NBA over the last 10 games.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
Ditto for Igor Shesterkin on a middling Rangers team.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
Sporting a middling 29-24 record on the year, the Bucks are currently just the No. 5 seed in the Easter Conference.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for middling
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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.—
Austin Mock,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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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.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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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.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
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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.—
John DeVore,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2025
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In February, according to Redfin's latest data, the median sale price of a typical U.S. home was $424,647, up 3 percent compared to a year earlier.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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The median price for a home in Elk Grove is $660,000, and the average price is $686,000.—
David Caraccio,
Sacramento Bee,
22 Mar. 2025
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The procedure was performed via minimal access and the result was satisfactory.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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His messages online sound all too typical of the brash and bratty computer techies who seem to think insults are satisfactory entertainment for their followers.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2025
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Over medium heat, cook the chicken between 20 and 25 minutes, turning it 4 times.—
Rick Bragg,
Southern Living,
31 Mar. 2025
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Sergio Perez - 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix The Mexican’s debut for Red Bull threatened to turn into a nightmare, when his medium tyre gamble backfired and he was eliminated in Q2 on the opening weekend in Bahrain.—
Dan Cancian,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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With this deep mediocre array of right-handers, the O’s faithful will have to watch for incoming projectiles from lefty pull hitters.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Mar. 2025
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The high adjusted catch rate and mediocre ball placement into difficult throwing windows are alarm bells, but there’s enough good throughout the rest of the profile to not immediately let those two factors sink Sanders.—
Derrik Klassen,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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The group were among around 7,000 people recently released from scam centers run by criminal gangs and warlords operating along Myanmar’s border with Thailand, where many are held against their will and forced to work conning ordinary people, including American citizens, out of their life savings.—
Teele Rebane,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2025
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For most ordinary owners, there's always one area of the house that could use a little TLC.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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Even more amusing is the phenomenon of previously indifferent relatives suddenly remembering their deep and abiding affection for the deceased once an estate is at stake.—
Ashley Case,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Couldn’t be me; there’s liberation in being made small by indifferent expanses.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Middling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middling. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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