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"2": "middelweg"
},
"expansion": "Dutch middelweg",
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"2": "Mittelweg"
},
"expansion": "German Mittelweg",
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"etymology_text": "From middle + way. Compare Dutch middelweg, German Mittelweg; compare also Latin via media.",
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"The middle of three paths."
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "middle of three paths",
"word": "keskitie"
},
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"ref": "2009, Simon Tisdall, The Guardian, 21 Sep 09",
"text": "Obama's choice, according to McChrystal, a former special forces commander, boils down to this: Escalate or evacuate, get on or get out; there is no middle way that does not invite calamity on a grand scale.",
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"The midpoint of a person's life; middle age."
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