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[mee-dee-uhm] / ˈmi di əm /






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But while the novel is imposing from sheer size alone, the shift in medium lends their elaborate, occasionally exhausting storytelling a curious new potency.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

Another well-connected source says: "The challenge has always been with this project, how do people feel in the medium term – it's huge."

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

“The violations were not confined to one statement, one speaker, one medium, or one aspect of Facebook’s business,” he found.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The New York museum stages a compact show dedicated to the Della Robbia family’s glazed terracotta sculptures, which turned clay into a medium of high art.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Leah probably worked as a medium throughout this period, though her day.to-day life is unknown.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Representatives chosen by those assemblies coordinated protests, media strategy and eventually the election campaign through working groups and Telegram and Signal chats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

In a recent social media post, Elon Musk suggested this challenge could lead more than 200 neoclouds to "see guppy-level death and consolidation", with the smallest firms being the most vulnerable.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Ukrainian media reported that Kyiv had attacked the Kstovo oil refinery, calling it "one of Russia's largest oil refineries, producing fuel and lubricants".

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

Despite drawing national media attention, he failed to make the top two in the June 2 primary election, securing about a fourth of the vote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

“We can’t let them win. The media attention could open up all kinds of trouble for us.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

Unwilling to limit themselves to literature, cats have successfully pawed their way into a wide range of artistic mediums.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The team had split the drivers' tyre strategies - Kimi Antonelli took the conventional strategy and started on the mediums, Russell had gone for the hards.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

The race runs were inconclusive as Mercedes used the hard compound tyres, Ferrari the softs and Verstappen the mediums.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

GS: It seems like you’re evolving as an artist through different mediums.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

They insisted that mischievous spirits could control mediums and force them to cheat.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock


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