middle-sized
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of middle-sized
First recorded in 1625–35
Example Sentences
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It will take time for middle-sized democracies in Europe and Asia to wean themselves from dependencies on America and to intensify cooperation among themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
Observing his morality and mind on unvarnished display at Davos, the leaders of middle-sized countries could conclude only that Carney’s was the most plausible path to not just peace and prosperity but, perhaps, survival.
From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2026
Such recruitment strategies were likely designed to divide and rule and thereby dampen union activism, but such coal camps were more diverse than many middle-sized American towns today.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024
“We were looking more like a middle-sized firm in a land of giants,” unable to compete in financing huge projects, Mr. DeNunzio recalled in the 2019 interview, at the Princeton Club in Manhattan.
From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2022
Parsons, Winston’s fellow tenant at Victory Mansions, was in fact threading his way across the room—a tubby, middle-sized man with fair hair and a froglike face.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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