indirect
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The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday cleared the way for three sovereign-wealth funds led by Saudi Arabia to take a significant indirect ownership stake in the combined company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Following indirect contact with her mother the court heard that the child experiences "significant difficulties" and can wake at night and say "she is scared of the dark and mummy".
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
For his part, Hausfather cautioned that there are “pretty big uncertainties when you are working with indirect measurements like coral proxy records,” so comparing historic El Niños to modern ones is inherently hard to do.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
All told, the U.S. aluminum sector anchors roughly 700,000 direct, indirect and induced jobs, with over $228 billion in economic output.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Estraven when in power had never done so, and it was not in the Karhidish vein: their government was not a public performance, normally; it was covert and indirect.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing indirect
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