What does "mid-2000s" mean, thank you!
The context is: By the mid-2000s they were much less in favour, doubtless fearing that help for the poor would cut health benefits.

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2000s "two-thousands" refers to the decade that began on January 1, 2000 and ended on December 31, 2009. Mid-2000s is roughly the middle of this decade, 2004-2006.

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The 'mid-2000s' are the following years, more or less:

2003
2004
2005
2006
2007

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Sort of mentioning middle months (June, July, August) of year 2000.

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Perhaps it should be "by mid 2 000....."

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