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middle ground

noun

an intermediate position, area, or recourse between two opposites or extremes; a halfway or neutral standpoint.
middle distance.
Nautical.��a length of comparatively shallow water having channels on both sides.

middle ground

noun

another term for middle distance See middle-distance
a position of compromise between two opposing views, parties, etc

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Word History and Origins

Origin of middle ground¹

First recorded in 1775–85

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I had to find a middle ground.

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Its solution, for now, is to continually stake out middle ground when conflicts between the two branches’ agendas arise.

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This structure—tightening the screws on the existing system without remaking it—is E&C Chairman Brett Guthrie’s best, initial attempt at a middle ground.

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“I was bringing my children up in this age of devices and trying to figure out where the balance lies and seeing everyone around me kind of accept it and thinking, Wait, there’s got to be a middle ground here. Why aren’t schools having a conversation?”

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Their exceedingly ambitious goal: to find compromise and a middle ground on one of the most contentious and insoluble issues of recent decades — and to bring some balance to a Trump policy that is almost wholly punitive in its nature and intent.

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