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intervention

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


NOUN
armed interference
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"We need things to improve here. If his intervention is necessary, I'm all for it," she added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

But he’s an admirer of Boyle and his decades-long mission of gang intervention and rehabilitation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The new study involved 64 healthy adults who completed the full 12-week intervention.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

TOKYO—Japan didn’t step into foreign-exchange markets in the past month, as repeated verbal warnings and historic intervention during the summer helped the yen regain some strength.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Between the recognition that the Torricellian tube is a pressure gauge and the invention of the atmospheric steam engine there was no intervention of an extraneous factor.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

"Last-minute emergency interventions run the risk of being badly targeted and costing us all more," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The Charity Commission also said its regulatory interventions to protect Fashion For Relief's funds ensured other charities received almost £250,000 that was owed to them.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

PCE inflation data—the Fed’s preferred inflation metric—for August will likely drive rate expectations Wednesday, as well as interventions from a bevy of Fed policymakers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, the study showed that interventions designed to reinforce circadian rhythms improved recovery in mouse models of stroke.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Constructive interventions would have been good not only for African Americans trapped in ghettos, but also for blue-collar workers of all colors, many of whom were suffering too, if less severely.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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