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mid- +‎ list

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midlist (not comparable)

  1. (publishing, of a book or author) Unlikely to be more than modestly successful.
    • 2007 June 4, Celia Mcgee, “A Way to Give Authors a Lucrative Second Platform”, in New York Times[1]:
      He scoffs at the lesser-known, midlist and emerging authors [] .

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