indirect

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Hastings now has direct or indirect ownership of 21,163,516 Netflix common shares, or about 0.5% of the shares outstanding.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

However, those conclusions were based on instruments located far from the fault zone, meaning the observations were indirect.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

Pakistan said the U.S. and Iran were engaged in indirect talks through messages it was relaying, and that Tehran was considering Washington’s proposals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Pakistan’s deputy prime minister Ishaq Dar posted on X External link Thursday that “US-Iran indirect talks are taking place through messages being relayed by Pakistan.”

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

The referee was right: Plutarch’s experience was an indirect experience, just as Aristotle’s phenomena were based on other people’s experiences; Garzoni’s and della Porta’s experiences were based on real, personally performed tests.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton