How to Use midterm in a Sentence

midterm

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  • He dropped the course before midterm.
  • The students will be busy taking midterms next week.
  • McCarthy rips Matt Rosendale for rooting for the Democrats in the midterms.
    — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2023
  • He's won in a toss-up state by a landslide in the midterm election.
    — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 4 Jan. 2024
  • While the case was ongoing, the map was used during the 2022 midterm elections.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 8 June 2023
  • Democratic aides cite the results of the 2022 midterm election.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The start of the school year is upon us, and November's midterm elections will soon follow.
    — Janai S. Nelson and Melanie Willingham-Jaggers, Parents, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Trump has been blamed for the GOP’s disappointing showing in the 2022 midterm elections.
    — John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Gates served as chairman of the board during the November 2022 midterm election.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 1 June 2023
  • Foer’s book ends with the midterms, so it is imbued with a sense of vindication.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2023
  • These maps were actually used in the 2022 midterm elections.
    — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 6 Oct. 2023
  • About one-third of Florida voters in the 2022 midterm elections said that shouldn't be the government's job.
    — Adriana Gomez Licon The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 17 Dec. 2023
  • The midterm elections last year were a Democratic bloodbath in Iowa, even though the party had overperformed in much of the rest of the country.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Exit polling in last year's midterms showed the issue was important in swing states like Michigan.
    — Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Chart of the day Turnout by state Among eligible voters, Oregon had the highest turnout in the 2022 midterm elections.
    — Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 4 May 2023
  • This was one of two marquee takeaways from the midterm elections—the other was that the pundits were wrong, but that’s true in every election.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The provisions became a major flashpoint in one of the closest governor's races of the 2022 midterms.
    — CBS News, 30 May 2023
  • This is what some research has suggested happened to Democrats in the 2010 midterms with regard to the Affordable Care Act.
    — Matt Harris, The Conversation, 1 June 2023
  • The first signs of a rift began after Republicans took control of the House, following the 2022 midterms.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 6 July 2023
  • One factor that could come into play, though, is the GOP's recent efforts in the midterm elections to woo Hispanics, who make up about 13% of the electorate.
    — Cristina Corujo, CBS News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • But in the 2022 midterm election in which Whitmer won re-election to a second term, Democrats won legislative majorities for the first time in decades.
    — Detroit Free Press, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Winning that group in a midterm was unusual, but doing so again may be necessary for Biden.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • And second, social issues — which lifted the Democrats in the midterms — remain a prominent concern.
    — Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The existing congressional districts were drawn up by the court after maps proposed by Democrats were thrown out ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.
    — Peter Cordi, Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2023
  • But in this case, not much has changed in politics from the midterms to now, except the turnout boost that typically comes in a presidential year.
    — Chuck Todd, NBC News, 21 July 2023
  • Last year Musk urged his many online followers to vote Republican in the midterm elections.
    — Alanna Durkin Richer, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2023
  • More than 69% of voting-age citizens were registered to vote, the highest rate for a midterm election in two decades, according to the survey.
    — Mike Schneider, ajc, 2 May 2023
  • In that time, Youngkin is the only governor whose party lost control of a chamber during midterm elections.
    — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Friends of Ron DeSantis has more than $80 million left over from the midterm cycle, with about $14 million of that being raised in the first three months of this year, according to filings.
    — Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 9 May 2023
  • As her high school graduation in Calgary neared, McRae was splitting her time between midterms and awards shows.
    — Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 16 Nov. 2023

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