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midway

/mɪdweɪ/ noun B2
  1. The middle; the midst.
  2. A middle way or manner; a mean or middle path between extremes.
  3. The part of a fair or circus where rides, entertainments, and booths are concentrated. (US)
  4. The widest aisle in the middle of an industrial complex (such as railroad shops or a coach yard) along which various buildings are aligned. (US)

Plural midways

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A bridge spanned it midway and from there to its lower end, where an amber-hued belt of sand-hills shut it in from the dark blue gulf beyond, the water was a glory of many shifting hues--the most spiritual shadings of crocus and rose and ethereal green, with other elusive tintings for which no name has ever been found.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 26 · C1
Midway between table and bed was the window, with an icy white muslin frill over it, and opposite it was the wash-stand.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 35 · C1
It was nearly midway between the oak and the house.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 17 · B2
When about midway of a certain block the policeman suddenly slowed his walk.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 21 · C1

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