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intervention

[in-ter-ven-shuhn] / ˌɪn tərˈvɛn ʃən /


NOUN
armed interference
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“Here you’d have a one-off, inexpensive, readily scalable, safe intervention that people don’t even have to take every day, let alone a lifestyle regimen you have to adhere to for decades.”

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026

The court concluded that the government had not demonstrated that such extraordinary intervention was legally justified.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

Several times plush toys have fallen off shelves with seemingly no intervention.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

The researchers believe the findings demonstrate that a combined diet and exercise intervention can produce meaningful improvements beyond blood sugar control alone.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

The same thing happens in nature, he realized, without human intervention.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

But more drastic interventions may be required to put organizations on firm financial footing, said Michael J. Bobbitt, the recently appointed president and CEO of Opera America.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Importantly, the researchers found that comparable proportional losses also occurred with lifestyle interventions, while adding resistance training helped preserve more lean tissue.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

But he said the real question is whether the vaccine is “a melanoma product, or is this one of those new cancer interventions that may have benefit in a diverse set of cancers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

However, mistakes are markedly down relative to the number of interventions.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

But within barely a decade, the Klan had been extinguished, largely by legal and military interventions out of Washington, D.C.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt


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