medium-sized
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of medium-sized
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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“Those medium-sized films I loved — like courtroom dramas, family dramas — are just so hard to get made, and it is the same with something of The Odyssey’s scale too,” he told the Times.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
PlanForce joined Teamshares, a publicly traded buyer of small- and medium-sized businesses.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
"For a medium-sized company, that means an additional two million euros in charges per year over fifteen years," Theuringer said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Prof Mark Parsons, the director of the supercomputer project at the university, says it will be roughly the size of a medium-sized supermarket.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
A few feet in front of us was this hole in the side of a medium-sized cliff that ran right up along the sand and rocks.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
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