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intermediate

[in-ter-mee-dee-it] / ˌɪn tərˈmi di ɪt /


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Morgan continues to consider intermediate German government bond yields attractive for long-term investors who can tolerate near-term volatility, its strategists say in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Instead it wants intermediate steps from Israel, such as letting a new Gaza police force exit to Egypt for training with a guarantee it can return.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

In several important reaction steps, hydrogen could be transferred to intermediate chemical compounds directly as molecular H2, rather than only through separate hydrogen atoms.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

After the Bahrain Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton said that, had he started on the intermediate tyres, he could have won the race.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

It was broad daylight by the time they made it back to the intermediate airfield.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

In the first few laps, Hamilton was on slicks and Verstappen on intermediates.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

"The aluminum edge shifted to the low-electron-density edge, which means some electron-rich intermediates formed," Yang said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

New driver Isack Hadjar crashed in the afternoon in the quick final corner, having just switched from full wet tyres to intermediates.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026

These radicals are highly useful intermediates in natural product synthesis and pharmaceutical research, but most available techniques are designed for aryl ketones rather than simpler alkyl ketones.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2025

How many intermediates are there between you and President Reagan?

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

Analyst Thomas Strong says funding costs are the biggest surprise in Judo’s trading update and he sees them benefiting further from the Australian business lender’s previously announced introduction of intermediated savings deposits from next month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025

In that consideration, Bowman said, the most important thing is “the preservation of an intermediated banking model,” she said at an Independent Community Bankers of America meeting.

From Reuters ● Feb. 9, 2022

Speech has never been more free or less intermediated, says Nesrine Malik.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 3, 2019

If Judge Leon believes HBO Now customers are intermediated by a distributor like Apple, then he should believe the exact same thing about Netflix.

From The Verge ● Jun. 15, 2018

Funds and assistance for the preparation of intermediated drafts and logistics support for all stages of preparation of this guide were provided by Biological Systems, Inc.,

From Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification by David Caldwell

Banks like JPMorgan have been reckoning with the growing popularity of stablecoins, which threaten the traditional role that they have played in intermediating payments between customers around the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026

We were intermediating and we were hedging our risk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026

Dealers typically support market liquidity by intermediating customer trades - for example, by taking customer sell orders into inventory when buyers are absent.

From Reuters ● Nov. 8, 2022

Uber embraced the mayor's decision, calling it "the first step toward guaranteeing that apps intermediating travel with technology have a place in the city."

From Reuters ● May 10, 2016

Intermediā′tion, act of intermediating; Intermē′dium, a medium between: an intervening agent or instrument.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various


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