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intervention

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


NOUN
armed interference
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After about 72 hours, manual intervention becomes necessary.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

However, the KMI Panel unanimously supported the non-VAR intervention, stating that it was "in keeping with the high threshold for VAR overturns".

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

The yen held steady against the dollar as traders watched for confirmation of Bank of Japan intervention.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

She was shameless in the way she treated your grandmother in public and, in the absence of any intervention, she felt free to change her mother’s will.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

We had never contemplated the intervention of foreign military forces.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela