medium-sized

American

[mee-dee-uhm-sahyzd] / ˈmi di əmˌsaɪzd /

adjective

neither very large nor very small.

a medium-sized house.

Etymology

Origin of medium-sized

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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She added: "It allows our small and medium-sized businesses to access markets and scale they could only dream of before."

From Barron's

According to research by the private consulting firm Auge, 96.4 percent of the country's small and medium-sized private businesses are feeling "severe" or "catastrophic" impacts from the fuel shortage.

From Barron's

Mr. Rilling generally chose a medium-sized choir accompanied by modern instruments in a modern concert hall.

From The Wall Street Journal

This new, simpler model of delivering business software also brought in new customers from small- and medium-sized firms.

From Barron's

The small- and medium-sized firms who make up the backbone of the German economy do not always have the same firepower however, and in some cases are feeling the pain more.

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