happy medium

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The mindset shift is to find a happy medium.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 9, 2026

The most recent high-profile incarnation of the character, played by David Corenswet in James Gunn’s 2025 blockbuster “Superman,” aims for a happy medium, reframing Kal-El’s desire to do good as “punk.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

Or perhaps it's a happy medium of all those things.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2025

So let me challenge all y’all Dodgers fans to a happy medium: Make Los Angeles more like your team.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2024

“My father would say ‘yes,’ Mr. Knightley ‘no;’ and Miss Bates and I that he is just the happy medium.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen