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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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

After statistical adjustment, the intervention group lost an average of 7.5 kg more weight than the control group.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

The secretary of state's intervention to stop the parade came after he received security advice from Boutcher.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

For 2.5 million years humans fed themselves by gathering plants and hunting animals that lived and bred without their intervention.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Gallant claimed to make various interventions on her behalf, including writing to politicians including Chris Penk, New Zealand's then-immigration minister.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

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

“So, this is a huge area where identifying interventions that could hopefully add quality of life to the people impacted by this disorder would be tremendously impactful.”

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 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

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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