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intervention

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


NOUN
armed interference
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed coordinated intervention to support the yen in late July, the first such operation since 1998.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

Published in Biological Conservation, the findings challenge a longstanding assumption about what Europe's wilderness looked like before widespread human intervention.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026

Carter had rejected the administration’s request for immediate intervention in a blistering Oct.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

Mississippi has no automatic recount procedure, although candidates can seek court intervention.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

Haydn's aim was the manufacturing of beauty and elegance in the material world; he was conscious that what he was doing was artifice, not a divine intervention.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Wales also forced 10 turnovers with Alex Mann gaining three, while there were crucial interventions from Lake, Adams and prop Nicky Smith when Japan seemed destined to score.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

Complex menopause happens abruptly due to medical interventions like cancer treatments, making symptoms such as hot flushes, joint pain and low mood much more severe and harder to treat.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

“Our counsel to governments has been: Be careful that through interventions we do not mask these important price signals which are critical to make sure that the right products are being produced for our customers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Dr. Schafer was the lead author of two studies examining biomarkers and possible interventions:

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 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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