Meaning & use
amidst
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In the middle of; surrounded by or during.
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The old cottage stood amidst a field of wildflowers.
She stayed calm amidst the chaos of the emergency room.
A note on using this word
A more formal, literary variant of 'amid'; both mean the same thing, but 'amidst' is less common in everyday speech.
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