midcentury

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1. not comparableusuallyOccurring around the middle of the century. (Elliptically refers to whichever century is evident from the context of a discussion.)

   midcentury modern

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   This midcentury masterpiece was overlooked at the time it was created.

   This ashtray is very midcentury, but that lamp is the most midcentury thing I've seen all year.

   Get a whiff of the models that served our grandfathers well: They now combine the must of a midcentury hatbox with the musk of 21st-­century body spray.

   2015 November 24, Troy Patterson, “The Winter Hat Trick”, in The New York Times Magazine, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2019

alternative mid-century

1. The midpoint or middle portion of a century.

   at midcentury

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   by midcentury

   She wrote an essay taking stock of the movement at midcentury.