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indirectly

[in-duh-rekt-lee, -dahy-] / ˌɪn dəˈrɛkt li, -daɪ- /


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Big picture: Manufacturers still play a big role in the economy, employing some 13 million people directly and many others indirectly.

From MarketWatch

Yet Beijing chose to activate mechanisms that mobilize public opinion—indirectly shaping the behavior of businesses and consumers—and afford the government plausible deniability.

From The Wall Street Journal

Until now, scientists have only been able to study it indirectly by observing how it affects ordinary matter, such as the way it produces enough gravity to hold galaxies together.

From Science Daily

There isn’t enough AI-related debt to directly cause a financial crisis, Berezin said, but financial markets are complex and trouble in one sector could indirectly hurt another.

From The Wall Street Journal

In effect, people who lease electric vehicles could benefit from the credits indirectly if automakers and car dealers pass on the credit to them by requiring smaller monthly payments.

From New York Times