midterm
IPA: mˈɪdtɝm
noun
- A midterm school exam (i.e., halfway through the term).
- A midterm election.
adjective
- Halfway through a term, or roughly so.
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Examples of "midterm" in Sentences
- Nan Lee: “Winning this midterm is the ultimate nightmare.”
- Traditionally new voters don't turn out in midterm congressional elections, he noted.
- Good strategy considering that seniors are nearly the only ones who vote in midterm elections.
- Old, white people are a lot more likely to vote in midterm elections than young people and minorities.
- Like the "change" elections of 2006-08, this midterm is a litmus test of the political leaning of the country.
- "Maybe the mistakes [that led to the Democrats 'drubbing in midterm elections] weren't his, but the people around him," says Mr. Gullu.
- Palin seems like a persistent fighter on anything she wants to pick fights for, but her ability to lead or not quit midterm is out of the question.
- The Bank of Korea sets what it calls a midterm inflation target every three years after consultations with the government and reviews the target on an annual basis.
- The GOP's candidate for an open Senate seat, former congressman and Bush Cabinet appointee Rob Portman, has been on the ballot in midterm elections before and frames the 2010 stakes this way:
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