midline
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Origin of midline
Vocabulary lists containing midline
Functions - High School
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: mid-
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"Australians can go from something that's kind of midline and relaxed and start to work with it, and the muscles respond in time."
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
If your pelvis sits at an angle—maybe because your legs are different lengths, maybe because you have scoliosis—the midline of the buttocks can tilt, and, boom, a crooked crack.
From Slate • Feb. 22, 2026
Chock, a Redondo Beach native, slipped on the pair’s midline step sequence during the rhythm dance.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026
Ronnie Hood, 11, from Sudbury, Suffolk, was diagnosed with a diffuse midline glioma in March after doctors were unable to remove the entirety of a tumour growing on his spine and brain.
From BBC • Aug. 19, 2024
John Bell, the superintendent, opened her abdomen with an incision in the midline.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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