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Middle Path

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noun

Buddhism.
  1. the conduct of life by a religious person in such a way as to avoid the extremes of luxury and asceticism.


Example Sentences

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What is not clear is whether there is a way for Qatari, Egyptian and American negotiators to find a middle path through this.

From BBC

As she navigates a middle path forward, Breed’s supporters hope the ballot victories inject her reelection bid with a jolt of energy and chart a clearer path forward for a city that has struggled to get homeless people off the streets and to rebound from the pandemic-related exodus of its downtown tech sector.

From Los Angeles Times

A new experiment by Anthropic, the maker of the chatbot Claude, offers a quirky middle path: What if an A.I. company let a group of ordinary citizens write some rules, and trained a chatbot to follow them?

From New York Times

"That feels like a very practical middle path," he said, "because there isn't actually that much money going into that at the moment."

From BBC

"BI signalled a preference to tap a confluence of intervention efforts, measures to draw more dollar inflows ... to address the more pressing currency depreciation pressures," said Radhika Rao, economist with DBS Bank, calling the rate decision "the middle path to balance stability and inflation priorities".

From Reuters