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the represented space between the foreground and background in paintings, drawings, etc.; (in track) a race distance ranging from 400 meters or 440 yards to 1 mile

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Usage examples (38)
  • Britain's Holmes wins women's middle-distance double
  • It's like a short, sharp, middle-distance track event.
  • Probably not because skating is like a middle-distance event.
  • But I wonder if I, at 55, am allowed to have middle-distance goals.
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