indirect
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Jack Allen-Reynolds, an economist at Capital Economics, said the inflation readings "suggest that the indirect effects of higher energy costs are beginning to feed through" to the wider economy.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
The legislation also codifies a program to compensate ranchers when they lose livestock to wolves or suffer indirect harm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Despite Trump’s rejection of Iran’s latest proposal, indirect diplomacy has not formally ended.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
Masoud Pezeshkian spoke at the U.N. a day after U.S. and Iranian officials held indirect talks and hours after a deadly attack on a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The problem that concerns us here is whether any of the chemicals we are using in our attempts to control nature play a direct or indirect role as causes of cancer.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing indirect
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