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
The analysts point out that Judo Capital’s downgraded guidance has raised concerns about credit quality in small- and medium-sized business lending, while housing-market sentiment has deteriorated due to higher borrowing costs and tax policy changes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
This is typical of the medium-sized AI models seen running on Cerebras hardware, but the company claims they will soon be able to run much larger models, like OpenAI’s ChatGPT 5.5.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
A medium-sized room had been divided to make a narrow strip of a kitchen and, presumably, a bedroom next door.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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