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• in-between
  in-between

  noun

  a person or thing that is between two extremes, two contrasting conditions, etc..
• in between
  in between

  In an intermediate situation, as in My roommates disagreed and I was caught in between. [Late 1500s]

in-between

American  

[in-bi-tween] / ˌɪn bɪˈtwin /

noun

1. a person or thing that is between two extremes, two contrasting conditions, etc..

   yeses, noes, and in-betweens; a tournament for professional, amateur, and in-between.

2. a person who handles the intermediary steps, as in a manufacturing or sales process.

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adjective

1. being between one thing, condition, etc., and another.

   a coat for in-between weather.

in-between British  

adjective

1. intermediate

   he's at the in-between stage, neither a child nor an adult

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noun

1. an intermediate person or thing

in between Idioms  

1. In an intermediate situation, as in My roommates disagreed and I was caught in between. [Late 1500s]

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Other Word Forms

• in-betweenness
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of in-between

First recorded in 1805–15

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Example Sentences

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in-between in between

I’ve good news, bad news, complex news and in-between news.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

“We are actively searching for films across all genres, from horror to comedy, to everything in-between, to champion in this new, exciting way.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

There’s also an in-between option called business class.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

"AI usage is not a binary position between 'entirely authentically handmade' and 'fully AI generated' but can have lots of in-between cases," he said.

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

She did not know if it was dawn or twilight, an in-between time.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord

Looking ahead, Alcoa said it continues to expect aluminum production to come in between 2.4 million and 2.6 million metric tons for the year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

“The upbringing of girls — in London and Paris and Moscow and all the places in between — was a scheme against them,” writes Li.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

The 26-year-old, who was in between acting jobs and working in a call centre, said the diagnosis was a "massive turning point" in her life.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Some 1,200 sheep are brought in to graze on the crops in between rice harvests, and they leave behind organic matter, which enriches the soil naturally.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

We collected wildflowers after school one day and dried them by pressing them in between heavy books.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

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