- present participle of intervene.
intervening
Example Sentences
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Mistaken identity: At the World Cup, the VAR was intervening on simulation.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The question is whether we can last the intervening two and a half years.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
Congress established the 39% limit in 2004, intervening after the FCC moved to raise the cap to 45%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
In the intervening years, however, a cottage industry of compounding pharmacies emerged, including Ro and Hims & Hers Health.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Knowing that the road was forbidden to him, because of his poor sight and habit of walking stolidly in the middle, he had found a short cut across the intervening fields.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
Vocabulary lists containing intervening
Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date That Will Live In Infamy" (1941)
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Selected Short Stories of H.G. Wells
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The Martian
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