midterm

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Recent Examples of midterm The seat could also be pivotal to control of the House in the 2026 midterm election. Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025 Next year’s midterm elections will be the first hurdle for the ambitious right-wingers. Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 One week after the 2018 midterm elections, Mr. Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, had lunch with Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, Virginia Thomas. Jonathan Swan, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025 The 2022 midterms underscored this trend: 68 percent of urban voters supported Democrats, while 69 percent of rural voters backed Republicans. Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for midterm 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for midterm
Noun
  • Looking at Luminate’s midyear numbers for 2024, the figure doubled to six, and that doesn’t include Death of Slim Shady — which dropped in July.
    Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2024
  • As of last June according to its midyear report, EQT is sitting on $50 billion in dry powder.
    Hank Tucker, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Students who read the essay without a pretest were given additional time to study, or else the students’ attention was focused on the critical passages in one of several ways: by italicizing the critical section or by making the key term that would be tested bold, or by a combination of strategies.
    Bridgid Finn, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2010
  • After families submit an initial pretest for students, the district manages the weekly testing through mobile clinics that move from campus to campus.
    Howard Blume Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2021
Noun
  • The most recent exam was administered in early 2024 in every state, testing fourth- and eighth-grade students on their math and reading skills.
    Bradford Betz, Fox News, 29 Jan. 2025
  • The national exam results also show growing inequality: While the highest-performing students have started to regain lost ground, lower-performing students are falling further behind.
    CBS News, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2025

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“Midterm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midterm. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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