indirect
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All in all, there is a great deal to be said for indirect taxes—for sales taxes, for value-added taxes and, yes, for tariffs as well.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
The team also used indirect calorimetry with respiratory gas analysis to better understand energy use.
From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026
It was not known whether the two sides would meet face-to-face, or whether they would mirror an indirect format used in Oman-mediated talks before the war.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
Efforts to establish negotiations have been ongoing since a ceasefire agreement in November 2024, with US envoys previously mediating indirect talks between the two sides.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
A third principle is that indirect discourse is not always introduced with an expression like he said that or she thought that; sometimes it is implicit in the context.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing indirect
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Workshop 2, Part 2
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