indirectly

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Arora now owns 343,394 shares of the company directly and a combined 758,552 additional shares indirectly through two trusts.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 28, 2026

In Burkina Faso, around four million of the country's 23 million inhabitants depend directly or indirectly on the cotton sector.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Messages are certainly being passed from the US to Iran, but indirectly, via intermediaries like Pakistan that enjoy good relations with both governments.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

The movies of the 1930s also resonated with audiences by speaking to the harsh times people were living through, either directly or indirectly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

If he could not exert his great powers of persuasion directly, he could at least attempt to do so indirectly.

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