intermediate

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Bonds have been a safer bet, with the average intermediate core bond fund flat this year.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

She’s coming to try to break the national record in the 300 intermediate hurdles held by Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

However, Iran is unlikely to have large numbers of intermediate or even long-range ballistic missiles.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

A 9.8% output fall in Ireland exaggerated the January decline, though weakness was broad-based across capital and intermediate goods.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

This suggested to me the Optimal Fragmentation Principle: innovation proceeds most rapidly in a society with some optimal intermediate degree of fragmentation: a too-unified society is at a disadvantage, and so is a too-fragmented society.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond