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midterm elections in British English (ˈmɪdˌtɜːm ɪˈlɛkʃənz) plural noun politics, US elections held halfway through the term of office of a president during which governors, etc, but not a president, are elected Examples of 'midterm elections' in a sentencemidterm elections It will be paid at next year's midterm elections.The report is being circulated four weeks before the midterm elections.Tea party activists now plan to back conservative candidates in next autumn's midterm elections.The 2010 midterm elections already have seen six incumbents lose.The political stakes could not be higher with midterm elections five weeks away.By next year's midterm elections yesterday's embarrassment could be a distant memory.The politics will ease, at least for a while, after the midterm elections.Historically, midterm elections are referendums on the party in power.Whether one election should be trusted as a barometer for midterm elections that are not due for another 17 months is, however, doubtful.They are worried that the thumping loss in the midterm elections of 2006 was not a blip but the turning of a tide against them. |