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
I wonder if there a happy medium that can be achieved.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2023
“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
