How to Use midpoint in a Sentence

midpoint

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  • The team is in last place at the midpoint of the season.
  • The crowd begins to leave after the midpoint of the final period.
  • The train stopped to refuel at the midpoint between New York and Chicago.
  • With the loss, the Heat fell to a middling 21-20 at the midpoint of their schedule.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The Knicks won for the third time in four games to reach the midpoint of their schedule at 20-21.
    — Brian Mahoney, courant.com, 10 Jan. 2022
  • Sport mode keeps the engine on and is a great midpoint.
    — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The two rays of light from points A and B meet at the midpoint, M, on the embankment.
    — Kat Friedrich, Popular Mechanics, 25 July 2023
  • The Brewers have a 47-35 record one game past the midpoint of their season.
    — John Perrotto, Forbes, 5 July 2022
  • If not for Wells, the Cougars would have trailed by more than six points at the midpoint of the second half.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The Bengals rolled the dice on a fourth-and-1 from their own 30 at the midpoint of the second quarter.
    — cleveland, 25 Sep. 2021
  • The Wings had three shots after the first period, five at the midpoint, and 20 at the end.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 16 Apr. 2022
  • Now, at the midpoint of the season, the Coyotes find themselves in the throes of a playoff race.
    — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Four were from swimming at the meet’s midpoint, but that’s by a team that won 16 in Rio.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2021
  • As planned, the Wings changed goaltenders during a timeout near the midpoint of the game.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The club is winless at the midpoint of a 10-game road trip that started with a sweep in New York.
    — Joe Noga, cleveland, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The first World War II–era 1006s are just hitting the midpoint in their lifespan.
    — Scott Suchman, Popular Mechanics, 29 Apr. 2021
  • The All-Star weekend came at about the 60-game mark for teams, far beyond the midpoint of the 82-game schedule.
    — Brian Mahoney, ajc, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Urshela has three of the Yankees’ eight three-run homers just past the midpoint of the season.
    — Jake Seiner, courant.com, 4 July 2021
  • The median is the midpoint, meaning that half the homes sold for more and half sold for less.
    — Mike Nolan, chicagotribune.com, 7 Sep. 2021
  • There’s plenty of mileage left to cover as the Bruins hit the midpoint of Pac-12 play.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2023
  • In other words, imagine a tall iPhone that folds over in half at the midpoint.
    — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Cleveland reached the midpoint of its season with a 42-39 record.
    — Brian Dulik, Chron, 4 July 2021
  • State of play: The All-Star break is the midpoint in the grueling 162-game season and gives teams a chance to take a breather.
    — Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 14 July 2024
  • That’s far above the current Fed funds benchmark which is at a midpoint of 3.1%.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The style goes with anything and is a midpoint between slacks and skinny pants.
    — Alexis Bennett, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Could the Aggies go into their open date at the end of that stretch, at the midpoint of their season, with a 1-5 record?
    — Stephen Hawkins, Chron, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The Bucks cut it down to seven near the midpoint of the fourth before Paul helped the Suns restore a safe margin.
    — Brian Mahoney, ajc, 7 July 2021
  • On Tuesday morning, the central bank set the midpoint at more than 6.85 yuan to the dollar.
    — Matthew Thomas, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Pressure is mounting as the Chargers approach the midpoint of the season.
    — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The Manson murders marked the midpoint of that, this dark wave that no one was suspecting in this bucolic place.
    — Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024

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