indirect

Example Sentences

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Within it, Briggs describes concrete strategies that military aggressors employ to destabilize their opponents, but the indirect impacts achieve the same as the direct.

From Salon

However, Araghchi also said that despite the talks in Muscat being indirect, "an opportunity arose to shake hands with the American delegation".

From Barron's

Senior officials from Washington and Tehran held indirect talks, mediated via Omani officials, in Muscat, Oman.

From Barron's

The approach was originally developed by Earth climate researcher Sylvia Dee to reconstruct ancient climates using indirect indicators such as tree rings or ice cores.

From Science Daily

I plucked up my courage and tried for an indirect approach.

From Literature