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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
Does his 1960s childhood resemble mine in the 1970s because my native Dublin lagged behind the times, trailing even a middling English town?
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Book Marks
june 26, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
But the vast majority of those picks turn out to be middling backups at best.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 24 June 2025
Unfortunately, middling reviews and a less-than-desirable box office haul nixed those plans, with Sony rebooting its approach to the web-slinger a few years later.
—EW.com, 19 June 2025
With the middling Angels having already won the series, the Yankees will try to avoid a sweep in their own building on Thursday.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 June 2025
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Book Marks
june 26, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
But the vast majority of those picks turn out to be middling backups at best.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 24 June 2025
Unfortunately, middling reviews and a less-than-desirable box office haul nixed those plans, with Sony rebooting its approach to the web-slinger a few years later.
—EW.com, 19 June 2025
With the middling Angels having already won the series, the Yankees will try to avoid a sweep in their own building on Thursday.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for middling
Adjective
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The e-bike is almost unbelievably efficient: to fully charge a five-hundred-watt e-bike costs, on average, about eight cents.—
Bill McKibben,
New Yorker,
9 July 2025
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Three times a week, on average, in the last six months, Lily had called her daughter with this question.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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But something good and decent rose from their sacrifice.—
EW Staff Published,
EW.com,
4 July 2025
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While most of the passengers hail from outside Cook County, a decent percentage are like me, locals proud to call this toddlin’ town home.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
4 July 2025
Adjective
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New Canaan, where the median annual household income is $163,355, was granted a moratorium earlier this year that temporarily exempts it from lawsuits under 8-30g.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
11 July 2025
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Experts say that in such situations, cities are judged not just by enthusiasm, but by corporate presence and median income, among other things.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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The other specs are perfectly satisfactory for a model at this price.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
9 July 2025
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Synan’s attorney declined to comment on a similar question, as well as a question about whether the resignation is a satisfactory outcome for the police chief.—
Quinlan Bentley,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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The finish is medium in length and smooth, with lingering notes of vanilla and caramel.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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The Mount Adams restaurant is celebrating Cinco de Mayo with $5.99 margaritas, $8.99 medium house margaritas, $2.99 reposado shots, and $6.99 cucumber habanero margaritas.—
Kaycee Sloan,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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However, the space program has been restricted so far to a mediocre elite.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
15 July 2025
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This seems like a tall order for a mediocre team with below-average pitching.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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Though North Korea sent over special forces units that are better trained and supplied than ordinary infantry, the initial deployment lacked an effective and agile command structure.—
Natasha Lindstaedt,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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The researchers suggest a particular chemical marker that could be a dead giveaway of dark dwarfs — the isotope lithium-7, which burns easily and is therefore quickly consumed by ordinary stars.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
7 July 2025
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Van Aert has outperformed Van der Poel at Grand Tours, with the Belgian reminding the world of his innate class at May’s Giro d’Italia despite two years of indifferent form.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
3 July 2025
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This was for people who were indifferent to their lawns, not wanting to put much effort into maintaining them.—
Chris McKeown,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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“Middling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middling. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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