Middle and Passing

Middle

Middle adjective - Occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes.

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Passing and middle are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Passing" instead an adjective "Middle".

Nearby Words: middling, middlemost, middled, middleware

Passing adjective - Lasting only for a short time.

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Middle and passing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Middle" instead an adjective "Passing".

Nearby Words: pass, passage, passed, passable, passingly

Delly Cartwright is mentioned in the first part of the first book in passing, but doesn't appear until the middle of the third.

Source: Early-Bird Cameo
She was mentioned in passing, but appeared onscreen for the first time in "The Santa Experience" in the middle of the second season.

Source: Western Animation / Rugrats
Chekhov's Gunman: Chayne Summers, the preparation supervisor, is mentioned in passing in the middle of the story a few times in Harlow's files long before being seen.

Source: Literature / From Heaven's Door

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