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indirectly

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


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Poolside’s Thursday letter referenced a failed fundraising effort in 2025 that caused a reckoning for the startup and indirectly led to the deal with Nvidia.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

"People can only express themselves indirectly," Li says.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Blackstone is also tapping in to Britain’s booming pensions market indirectly through a Bermudan reinsurer it provides with private-credit investments.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Elected in 2023, Tinubu has used his first term to push through ambitious economic reforms, including ending a costly fuel subsidy that for years had indirectly suppressed prices throughout the economy.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

He had been saying, however indirectly, that I should get away from the city and the court.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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