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intervention

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


NOUN
armed interference
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His effort was initially disallowed on the field for offside but, following VAR intervention, the goal was awarded as the Norwegian was ruled to have been played onside by Patrick Dorgu's boot.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

In cellars and basements across the city, African-Americans hosted parties where white and black New Yorkers regularly shared the dance floor, imbibed together and sometimes got into fisticuffs that prompted the intervention of neighborhood watchmen.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Joy Wiltermuth explained how the market reacted negatively to the Treasury Department’s bond auction and redemption activities following strong words about government intervention by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

From MarketWatch Sep. 11, 2026

As the question lingers as to how Fortune died, petitions online signed by tens of thousands of people have called for more transparency, and members of US Congress have asked for federal intervention.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

Madison’s prudent and silent intervention rescued Jefferson from the secessionist implications of his revolutionary principles and artfully concealed the huge discrepancy between their respective views of the Constitution.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

That could make it possible to move prevention and screening earlier and tailor interventions to an individual's biology, shifting cancer care toward stopping disease before it begins.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley compared semaglutide directly with calorie restriction, one of the best-known interventions for extending lifespan in laboratory animals.

From Science Daily Sep. 12, 2026

Overall, the former hedge-fund manager has taken an unusually aggressive approach to managing markets, including interventions to support the Argentine peso and Japanese yen.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Government market interventions this summer in the U.S., to cap long-term interest rates, and in Japan, to halt its currency’s decline, have given way to a stronger yen and higher Treasury yields.

From MarketWatch Sep. 9, 2026

They could see each other every day, without having to worry about the interventions of Minnie’s landlady, who watched them as if she were Minnie’s own mother.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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