third way
An approach or solution which strives for an alternative to or middle ground between…An approach or solution which strives for an alternative to or middle ground between two opposing viewpoints.
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3 sensesAn approach or solution which strives for an alternative to or middle ground between two opposing viewpoints.
An ideology which seeks to find middle ground between right- and left-wing politics, associated during the 1990s with various centre-left political parties in Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, way.
Examples
2 sentencesIs there a third way?
Sami was only a third of the way through his plan.
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plural: third ways| Singular | third way |
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