indirect
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In research I conducted with Francis Flynn, a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, people asking for help tended to think that indirect requests would work just as well as direct ones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
Investors submitted $2.77 in bids for every $1 of bonds available, while indirect bidders, a category that includes foreign institutions, absorbed more than 80% of the offering.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Iranian and US officials last week held indirect talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, with Tehran saying it presented seven conditions for reopening the strait.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
One is indirect, based on predictions of our cosmological model tuned to match the patterns in the cosmic microwave background, the faint afterglow of the Big Bang.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
In the same way, preserved Indian lore throws a brilliantly colored but indirect light on the past.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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