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intermediate position, area, or recourse between two opposites or extremes; halfway or neutral standpoint; the represented space between the foreground and background in paintings, drawings, etc.; length of comparatively shallow water having channels on both sides

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  • WE are the middle-ground, secular, led by theleft.
  • Ms. Jacoby finds no middle-ground audience, either.
  • WE are the middle-ground, secular, led by the left.
  • The classic middle-ground voter who will swing this election.
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