medium-term
adjective
: lasting for a period of time that is neither long nor short
Our short-term prospects are grim and our medium-term prospects are uncertain, but our long-term prospects are good.
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Our new revenue group is targeting the immediate near-term (0-6 months), medium-term (6-12 months) and over the long-term.
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 10 July 2024
The International Monetary Fund predicts that — without further measures — debt would rise to 112% of economic output in 2024, and increase by about 1.5 percentage points a year over the medium-term.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 8 July 2024
Chip manufacturing will reportedly be done abroad in the medium-term.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 5 June 2024
Furthermore, Schulman said, the medium-term fallout from the massive antiwar demonstrations in the Vietnam era were not at all what protesters sought.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 10 July 2024
The International Monetary Fund predicts that — without further measures — debt would rise to 112% of economic output in 2024, and increase by about 1.5 percentage points a year over the medium-term.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 8 July 2024
Chip manufacturing will reportedly be done abroad in the medium-term.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 5 June 2024
Furthermore, Schulman said, the medium-term fallout from the massive antiwar demonstrations in the Vietnam era were not at all what protesters sought.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
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“Medium-term.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medium-term. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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