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midterm elections
midterm election
(US politics) An election held every four years to elect members of Congress in years the president is not also elected.
Midterm exam
Assessment halfway through academic term.
midterm examination
Assessment halfway through academic term.
midterm break
A break (frequently, week-long) in classes taking place somewhere between the end of the first third and start of the last third of a semester (term), this may coincide with a mid-semester examination period (midterms).
United States midterm election
Midterm elections in the United States are the general elections that are held near the midpoint of a president's four-year term of office, on Election Day on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
midterm or final
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