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means A path of moderation that avoids extremes on either side — not by splitting the difference, but by finding the balanced approach that works.

from Most famously tied to Buddhism's 'Middle Way' (a translation of the Pali 'majjhima patipada'), the path the Buddha described between self-indulgence and self-denial after trying both to their limits. The phrase has since been borrowed broadly into English for any course steered between opposing extremes — politics, philosophy, everyday choices — carrying with it that original sense of hard-won balance rather than lazy compromise.