happy medium
noun
: a good choice or condition that avoids any extremes
The car's designers have found/struck a happy medium between affordability and luxury.
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As the name suggests, the GTS is designed to find a happy medium between the S focus on sporty driving and the GT’s everyday livability.
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Trinity Francis, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
This climate gives elevated trash the perfect opportunity to find a foothold as a happy medium between mindless garbage and more challenging, cerebral fare.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
Finding a happy medium between innovation and caution can result in a livelier public discourse.
—Lorelei Kelly, The Conversation, 24 Jan. 2025
Nobody wants to be injured, like, skiing as a professional athlete, so pickleball’s a good happy medium.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
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Trinity Francis, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
This climate gives elevated trash the perfect opportunity to find a foothold as a happy medium between mindless garbage and more challenging, cerebral fare.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
Finding a happy medium between innovation and caution can result in a livelier public discourse.
—Lorelei Kelly, The Conversation, 24 Jan. 2025
Nobody wants to be injured, like, skiing as a professional athlete, so pickleball’s a good happy medium.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for happy medium
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“Happy medium.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/happy%20medium. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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