intermediate

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He would hold them for around three months, for the intermediate stage in their lives called backgrounding, because the animals build up health and immunity before being sold again to feedlots for final fattening.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

At the state track and field championships, Jayden Rendon of Carson was in the lead of the 300 intermediate hurdles on Saturday when he struck the final hurdle and fell to the ground.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Norris, who had started the race on intermediate tyres, pitted on lap two, leaving Antonelli initially leading a five-car train of Russell, Hamilton's Ferrari, Verstappen and the second Ferrari of Charles Leclerc.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

"We were able to isolate an intermediate structure from our ruthenium complex formation reaction and characterize this with single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Surprisingly, we found the structure to be doubly ring-slipped," says Takebayashi.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

For instance, my friend Sauakari from the north coast has wavy hair intermediate between Achmad’s straight hair and Wiwor’s coiled hair, and skin somewhat paler than Wiwor’s, though considerably darker than Achmad’s.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond