medium-sized
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of medium-sized
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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And of the some 1,200 trucking companies that do business at the port, more than 50% are small to medium-sized companies that are seriously struggling with prices, Seroka said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
These medium-sized mammals, found only in Africa and Asia, have long, powerful tails, large curved claws, and bodies covered in overlapping scales that resemble a pinecone.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
Japanese macaques like this one - also known as snow monkeys - are about the size of a medium-sized dog once they reach adulthood.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
“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
In 1972 I visited such a village on Malai Islet, in the Siassi island group, off the medium-sized island of Umboi, off the larger Bismarck island of New Britain.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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