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In the center. The location of something surrounded by other things.

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  • In the midst of darkness, light
  • In the midst of the crowd
  • But to accentuate the medievalisms in our midst is as deluding as trying to keep our Royal Mounted an army of lyrical "RoseMaries".
  • Scientists warn Earth is in midst of a mass extinction ...
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  • In the morning's "mist" (a haze or fog) the ship narrowly "missed" (to barely avoid) the other vessel in its "midst" (a position of proximity).
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