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midterms

  • plural
    of midterm.
    midterm
    noun
    the middle or halfway point of a term, as a school term or term of office.

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Katherine “Kitty” Good Semisch, a retired Bucks County teacher and a key figure in the documentary, says the series is perfectly timed for the midterms because of its efforts to humanize everyone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

The 42-year-old took his wife Usha, three of their four children and their dog Atlas on Air Force Two for the flight to Cincinnati, where Vance cast an early vote for the midterms.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

Last, it reinforces that he probably does have plans for after the midterms.

From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2026

ITHACA, N.Y.—On a drizzly Thursday, Cornell University students wandered into consulting recruitment sessions, hustled up the slopes to midterms and listened to a Pulitzer-winning fiction writer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

They gave me frequent warning to start applying myself--especially around midterms, when my parents came up for a conference with old Thurmer--but I didn't do it.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

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