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intervention

[in-ter-ven-shuhn] / ˌɪn tərˈvɛn ʃən /


NOUN
armed interference
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We meet a fellow teacher and a student who both love Artie, a longtime female friend who moves away and misses him, a troubled male student who credits him with a life-changing intervention.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Though the government and central bank typically don’t say when they intervene in currency markets, traders and analysts said the move had all the hallmarks of an intervention.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

On currency markets, the yen was holding its own against the dollar after a rally on Thursday was said to have come on the back of Japanese intervention.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

Importantly, the intervention also reduced one key metric: parental anger about infant sleep.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

Cal braced himself for intervention but none came.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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