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indirect

[in-duh-rekt, -dahy-] / ˌɪn dəˈrɛkt, -daɪ- /


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Andhra Pradesh's government also said it expects "188,000 direct and indirect jobs to be generated".

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

It’s also an indirect lifeline to the private sector.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

One is indirect, based on predictions of our cosmological model tuned to match the patterns in the cosmic microwave background, the faint afterglow of the Big Bang.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

It said it could support up to 750 jobs during construction and about 540 once operational, plus hundreds of indirect posts.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

A trick of the indirect light has made the graffiti letters float up through the coat of primer, a ghost-gray print I recognize immediately as Margo’s.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green




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