middler

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of middler The Patriots won 14 games — a whopping 10 more than the year before — but didn’t play a lot of great quarterbacks, a middler’s row that included Cam Ward, Spencer Rattler, Dillon Gabriel and a 40-year-old Joe Flacco. Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026 In his eighth season, Scott has helped transform Pembroke from a Patriot League middler into a state title contender. Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2022 For a middler, a shirt with its own pulley system is the wardrobe in the drama of celebrity. Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, 10 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for middler
Noun
  • The Highlanders top three players — freshman Sohith Tella, junior Jackson Bates, and Chang all split sets before losing tiebreakers.
    Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Included among them, earning his scholarship at the end of his redshirt freshman season in 2022 and then later being a second-team All-American as a junior in 2024 and first-team All-SEC selection last season.
    David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Corrigan earned her undergraduate degree in English from Fordhamin 1977 before going on to complete master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.
    William Earl, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
  • That wasn’t always true in my experience as an undergraduate, but Duke was, in every sense, a rich kids’ school.
    Elizabeth Spiers, Vanity Fair, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • At Dos Pueblos High in Goleta, baseball coach George Hedricks needed no excuses to start freshman Mattias Di Maggio, considering last name of DiMaggio is one of the best baseball names in the history of the sport.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • As a redshirt freshman, Lindsey completed 63% of his passes for 2,382 yards, while taking care of the football (18 touchdowns to only six interceptions).
    Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The sophomore center fielder went 3 for 3 with a single, double and triple.
    Dan Albano, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Topping that list is ‘Noles sophomore Halle Zimlich, who also was state player of the year.
    Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Our program, by contrast, automatically enrolls every public school kindergartener, regardless of their citizenship or immigration status, unless their family opts out.
    Debra-Ellen Glickstein, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • When the pandemic hit, our local public school closed its computer lab, issued my kindergartener an iPad, and never looked back.
    Abby McCloskey, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • How will Vitello treat major leaguers as opposed to collegians?
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Franklin and Nix played two seasons together in Eugene (2022, 2023), during which the former caught 25 touchdowns over those two years as a collegian.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • It's been nearly a month since a north suburban high schooler was shot and killed inside her apartment.
    Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • In what seemed like an obvious choice, the Portland Trail Blazers took Oden with first pick in 2007 after he was pegged by pundits for that slot as a high schooler before his one and only season at Ohio State.
    Larry Holder, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The middle schooler was riding the e-bike in the back parking lot at Stuard Elementary School when they were hit by a vehicle, an Aledo ISD spokesperson said in a statement.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Ava Nassar, a 13-year-old middle schooler from Carlsbad, was with friends and classmates Nathan Adewale, 13, and Dante Veducio, 14.
    Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026

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“Middler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middler. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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