indirect
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The order also prevented him from having any direct or indirect dealings with a number of other boats run by his company.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
My first indirect encounter with a Boy Mom happened via a Facebook post from a mother with an important message for the teen girls of social media.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026
Citing Citi Institute research, Moody’s noted that a quantum breach targeting payment infrastructure could render between $2 trillion to $3 trillion in indirect economic losses.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
The coffers have their own rhythm; indirect lighting turns the hollows into shadow gradients.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The referee was right: Plutarch’s experience was an indirect experience, just as Aristotle’s phenomena were based on other people’s experiences; Garzoni’s and della Porta’s experiences were based on real, personally performed tests.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing indirect
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Workshop 2, Part 2
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