mediocre

Example Sentences

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Even after a pair of mediocre seasons, the Rangers remained aggressive this winter, making a pair of blockbuster trades, acquiring frontline starter MacKenzie Gore from the Nationals and outfielder Brandon Nimmo from the Mets.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

“There are some people who would rather have a mediocre rock song than a pop song,” says Mr. DeYoung, looking back.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Jeremy Grantham has a new and provocative argument for why the U.S. stock market will produce mediocre returns this year.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026

Ed, one of the sons of the family -- played by Turner -- serves as a narrator of sorts and sums up the rest of his family as "lazy, mediocre, vapid egotists".

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

The entire populace knows thousands of songs, and there is hardly a mediocre voice among them.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine