intervening
Example Sentences
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During the intervening period, government spending has risen faster than inflation.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
The justice minister praised the "brave people who disarmed the attacker", referring to a group of people who can be seen intervening in a video of the incident circulated online.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
This is despite her insistence that her values haven’t changed in the intervening years.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
The intervening years had brought major advances: better copper wires, improved insulation and increased buoyancy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
I took up my place behind a yew-tree, and I saw his dark figure move until the intervening headstones and trees hid it from my sight.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
Vocabulary lists containing intervening
Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date That Will Live In Infamy" (1941)
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Selected Short Stories of H.G. Wells
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The Martian
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