1
as in average
being about midway between extremes of amount or size
the median price of a home in the area
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2
as in middle
occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes
determine the median point between your two speakers, and test your stereo system from there
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as in normal
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Recent Examples of median
Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
Industrial output expanded by 7.7% from a year earlier, versus median estimates of 5.8%.
—Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2025
David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 2 Apr. 2025
The team has promised to set aside 2,000 residential units for households earning 80% or less of the area median income, or what’s considered affordable housing.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
The winning neighborhoods experienced a 105 percent change in year-over-year home sales, with a median sale price of $1,397,000.
Jenison, Michigan, and Campton Hills and St. Charles, Illinois, are second and third, respectively.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
Industrial output expanded by 7.7% from a year earlier, versus median estimates of 5.8%.
—Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
The statewide median home price was $829,060, down 1.2% from January.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 2 Apr. 2025
The team has promised to set aside 2,000 residential units for households earning 80% or less of the area median income, or what’s considered affordable housing.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for median
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The experts predict the economy will nearly stall in 2025, growing 0.8%, down from their projection of 1.7% just last month, according to the average estimate of 46 economists surveyed by Wolters Kluwer Blue Chip Economic Indicators on April 4 and April 7.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2025
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Oregon’s Josh Conerly Jr. — Conerly has all the physical components to become a reliable starting offensive lineman, but his ability to anchor against power is slightly below average.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 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
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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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The bottom line is that nearly four years into this new normal in college football, NFL teams are still trying to master a transfer landscape that isn’t going away.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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That might well be the new normal for Toronto, Sundance and Cannes.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 2025
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Rose is the 13th man age 40 or older to lead at the halfway point of a major since 2012.—
Justin Ray,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Piastri was coasting around the track for much of the race, building up a solid lead over his rivals, before a safety car injected some jeopardy at the halfway point.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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Varma is an associate professor of the psychological/medial anthropology subfield and the vice chair of undergraduate studies.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
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According to media reports, Bridgeman suffered a medial emergency at a Louisville hotel during a fundraising event Tuesday.—
Bruce Schreiner,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
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Sallas and his team cater to both beginner and intermediate riders, educating on everything from surf etiquette and wave knowledge to performing more advanced maneuvers like cutbacks and snaps.—
Jen Murphy,
Outside Online,
15 Apr. 2025
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Future-back thinking can foster such quantum leaps as leaders consider the market 15 to 20 years out, rather than incremental present-forward approaches with shorter strategic plans advancing through intermediate positions toward a goal.—
Gregory Crawford,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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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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“Median.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/median. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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