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midstream

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mid·stream  (mdstrm)
n.
1. The middle part of a stream.
2. The part of a course that is neither at the beginning nor at the end: the midstream of life.
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Noun1.midstream - the middle of a stream
center, middle, centre, eye, heart - an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
stream, watercourse - a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth


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"Ay, and aughts," replied Sancho; and shaking his fingers he washed his whole hand in the river along which the boat was quietly gliding in midstream, not moved by any occult intelligence or invisible enchanter, but simply by the current, just there smooth and gentle.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
For a few minutes the Kincaid drifted rapidly with the current, and then, with a grinding jar, she stopped in midstream.
The Beasts of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
The flat drifted under the bridge and then promptly sank in midstream.
Anne Of Green Gables by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
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