medium-sized
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of medium-sized
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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It uses around 16 tonnes of flour to produce up to 40,000 loaves a day, which sounds like a lot but, compared with the giant bakers, is still a medium-sized business.
From BBC
Apprenticeships for people under the age of 25 at small and medium-sized businesses will be fully funded as part of the package, removing the 5% that they currently have to pay.
From BBC
Italy's fashion suppliers are predominately small- and medium-sized companies, tens of thousands of whom have shuttered in recent years, according to industry associations, amid a luxury downturn and higher production costs.
From Barron's
As part of that shift, Laurentian Bank will sell its retail and small and medium-sized enterprise, or SME, banking businesses to the National Bank of Canada NA -0.50%decrease; red down pointing triangle .
Even though the numbers make it sound incredibly large, Prof Ramesh describes it as a "medium-sized" one.
From BBC
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