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Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own: via media

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Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:

via media

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Solution

Via media: A middle way/compromise between extremes 

He acts as a via media between theists and atheists.

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