How to Use intermediate in a Sentence

intermediate

1 of 3 adjective

• I'm taking intermediate French this year.
• His work in the short-to-intermediate range has been where the ups and downs have been present.
  — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Aug. 2025
• That's a good, intermediate step between a crib and a big kid's bed.
  — Melissa Willets, Parents, 14 Aug. 2023
• The juice in the running game helped open up the intermediate routes and play-action game.
  — The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
• Beck hasn’t been great on intermediate throws.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
• These light-weight hiking poles would be easy to bring along and helpful on intermediate trails.
  — Alex Erdekian, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 July 2023
• Burrow and his pass catchers must start working that intermediate area to open up some shots deep.
  — Lance Reisland, cleveland, 5 Nov. 2022
• Chism was the busiest of all the wideouts, winning at the short, intermediate and deep levels of the field.
  — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
• Our tester is an intermediate player who plays the game five or six times a week, so these shoes were getting plenty of use.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
• These lightweight hiking poles would be easy to bring along and helpful on intermediate trails.
  — Alex Erdekian, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2023
• Who led the Chiefs in receiving yards on intermediate throws last year?
  — Jesse Newell, New York Times, 7 July 2026
• Nix does not like throwing intermediate routes to receivers sitting or crossing in that area of the field.
  — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2025
• His biggest struggles have come on short-to-intermediate routes.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
• The park has more than 10 miles of intermediate and advanced mountain bike trails.
  — Taylor Haught, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
• The blast could be the result of an elusive intermediate-mass black hole devouring a star.
  — Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Dec. 2025
• Lemon specializes in winning in the middle of the field on short and intermediate routes.
  — Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 20 May 2026
• For now, something intermediate might be in the offing.
  — Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
• The new rules will impact voice service providers, intermediate providers and gateway providers.
  — Venky Balasubramanian, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
• Ryan’s arm strength has also looked lacking, not only on deep balls but sometimes in intermediate routes.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 12 Dec. 2022
• The way to beat San Francisco is to dice them up with quick, intermediate throws.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024
• Typically, suadero is a thin cut of meat from the intermediate part of the cow between the belly and the leg.
  — Karthika Gupta, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Mar. 2023
• The alloy-steel is rated to up to 700 pounds—more than enough for novice to intermediate lifters.
  — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 17 Nov. 2022
• McConkey instead ran more routes in the intermediate and deep areas of the field.
  — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
• Very few people are tracing every intermediate step the agent took to arrive there.
  — Arun Ramakrishnan, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
• He was supposed to be a reliable, intermediate-area chain-mover.
  — Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
• Brown dwarfs are weird objects that have masses that are intermediate between those of giant planets and small stars.
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 19 June 2026
• The stock has a fresh breakdown below the daily cloud model in a bearish intermediate-term shift.
  — Katie Stockton, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026
• As long as price remains above that level, the intermediate uptrend is intact.
  — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 17 Feb. 2026
• Patients who could benefit from this scan include those who are at intermediate risk of heart disease.
  — Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 10 July 2026
• Then, Young hit third-round pick Chris Brazzell over the middle on an intermediate route.
  — Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026

intermediate

2 of 3 noun

• Very good experience in a pro-style system and touch on short-to-intermediate throws.
  — cleveland.com, 24 Apr. 2018
• The upper intermediate or blue trails will be open, as will the black runs such as Summit and Blondie’s.
  — Jesse Paul, The Denver Post, 23 May 2017
• If passed, the district is planning to expand the intermediate, middle and high schools.
  — Emma Kate Fittes, Indianapolis Star, 2 May 2017
• The series includes dwarf plants (up to three feet) and intermediates (three to five feet high), and colors such as red, purple, shades of pink and white.
  — Adrian Higgins, Houston Chronicle, 21 Aug. 2019
• Most of Mack’s success this season had come on easier intermediate throws like that.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 30 Sep. 2019
• Can easily throw downfield, but also chips away with shorter and intermediate throws.
  — oregonlive, 12 Dec. 2019
• Given the high altitude and steep face of the mountains, there are few long and easy runs, making the resort ideal for intermediates.
  — Elizabeth Wellington, Vogue, 11 Jan. 2019
• The result is a ski that is balanced and stable, with enough backbone for the experts yet enough forgiveness for intermediates.
  — Kimberly Beekman, Outside, 4 Nov. 2025
• Cutler completed well more than 50% of his passes, most of which were short-to-intermediate throws, and fed his targets in stride.
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2017
• The main part of the mountain is small, with about 600 acres of mostly beginner and intermediate runs and seven lifts.
  — Stephanie Granada, Sunset Magazine, 24 Jan. 2020
• In between those two extremes, swooping, panoramic groomers and fun off-piste options speak to cruisy carvers and aspiring intermediates.
  — Drew Zieff, Outside, 21 Nov. 2025
• Strong intermediates, advanced riders, ex-racers, and aggressive all-mountain skiers will get the most out of this model.
  — Marina Knight, Outside, 17 Oct. 2025
• Eighty percent of the terrain is perfect for beginners and intermediates.
  — Brent Rose, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2017
• Joe and Anthony both repeatedly stressed the value of a guide for expert (and even pro) skiers as well as for intermediates.
  — Sergei Poljak, Outside, 7 Mar. 2026
• The concert will include the team’s winning intermediate, novelty and large lyrical dances.
  — Fred Swegles, Orange County Register, 26 Apr. 2017
• My progression was skiing the same intermediate runs faster rather than graduating up to more difficult runs.
  — Dina Mishev, idahostatesman, 23 Jan. 2018
• There’s World Cup skiing, and plenty of pistes for intermediates and beginners.
  — Catherine Sabino, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
• Others looked almost slow compared to Kurka, who carried speed from start to finish and posted the fastest time at every intermediate.
  — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Mar. 2018
• Long Shot is one of the best intermediate runs at Snowmass, and one of the longest in North America.
  — Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2018
• Kids will also love the pump tracks; the smaller of the two can be handled on a Strider bike, while the other is the perfect place for an intermediate to work on riding skills.
  — Outside Online, 1 June 2022
• Orders of dye intermediates and dyes similar to those Lavis makes can easily run into the tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2017
• The colors between three and four are so much different because digital intermediates have improved.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2023
• The conditions also aren't entirely simple, as there are a number of reaction intermediates that must be supplied.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 Oct. 2019
• In countries providing more of an intermediate or limited offer of child care or parental leave, grandparents tended to care for children on a weekly basis, the study found.
  — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 25 Apr. 2018
• Ti is balanced, dependable, and energetic enough to satisfy a wide swath of skiers—from confident intermediates to strong experts.
  — Marina Knight, Outside, 17 Oct. 2025
• Such intricate systems of proteins can evolve from simpler ones, with natural selection favoring the intermediates along the way.
  — Quanta Magazine, 16 July 2013
• This intermediate can then be chemically transformed into adipic acid, a key component in nylon production.
  — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 June 2026
• Conveniently, caffeic acid is an intermediate on the pathway that plants use to make lignin, a key component of plant cell walls and a major contributor to the robustness of wood.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 30 Apr. 2020
• Blizzard’s Titanal and wood core construction balances power with forgiveness, giving the ski a smooth, predictable feel that works for both intermediates and experts.
  — Outside, 21 Oct. 2025
• One supplier of dyes for army uniforms, for example, might be running low for any number of reasons—not enough labor, not enough chemical intermediates, sudden plant explosion at the dye works.
  — Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026

intermediate

3 of 3 verb

• The Chiefs sat on a lot of the Ravens' short to intermediate crossing routes.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 28 Sep. 2020
• The Ravens were cautious with the passing game as Jackson stayed with the short to intermediate stuff.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 13 Oct. 2019
• After two weeks of not throwing, Prescott made just light to intermediate throws since, but over the last few days, his workload increased.
  — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 26 Aug. 2021
• Few safeties or linebackers can run with these three guys and the Ravens use them often on short to intermediate patterns as well as crossing them in the middle of the field.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 5 Dec. 2019
• Shows some production after the catch but more of short to intermediate route runner with possession ability.
  — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 4 July 2022
• The Browns will probably rely on the short to intermediate passing but will occasionally take long shots down the field.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 12 Sep. 2020
• This creates a toxic buildup of LPS biosynthesis intermediates in the cell.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 5 Jan. 2024
• Of the Colts’ four completions of 20 yards or more in the last two games, three have been short to intermediate throws that the receiver turned into a bigger play.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 24 Nov. 2022
• Rare is the business that grows by intermediating what is rendered worthless by the intermediation.
  — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
• As the practice progressed, the veteran got going, completing 19 of 29 throws, although a lot of the throws were in the short to intermediate range.
  — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Aug. 2020
• Brees intermediate right to Harris for 18 yards; 1st down The Saints went back to the well on the next drive, this time in significant need of a score.
  — Jeff Nowak | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 30 Oct. 2020
• For the first time since July, Anchorage last week moved from high to intermediate alert status based on falling case rates in the municipality.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 17 May 2021
• The deep ball and the explosive plays aside, the Colts might need to just lean into what Hilton has been doing in the passing game, making the kinds of short to intermediate catches that keep the chains moving.
  — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Oct. 2020
• Some proposals call for banks to intermediate these accounts, and others want individual customers to have direct access to their Fed accounts.
  — Norbert Michel, Forbes, 18 June 2021
• Google provides several ad tech services that intermediate between advertisers and publishers in order to display ads on websites or mobile apps.
  — Mark Thompson, CNN, 22 June 2021
• One of Kepler’s other big surprises was a profusion of planets intermediate in size between Earth and Neptune.
  — Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS, 19 June 2017
• MarketAxess uses its broker-dealer unit to intermediate trades between asset managers, charging a small fee, and will now be sharing that income with brokers in the initiative.
  — Matt Wirz, WSJ, 3 May 2021
• Furano Ski Resort, accessed by a gondola and a fast cable car, offers beginner and intermediate cruising pistes.
  — Janet O’Grady, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
• Entry to intermediate skiing brings a handful of physical and psychological challenges.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 22 Feb. 2022
• Platforms that intermediate these interactions will face pressure to define where responsibility sits and how transparency is enforced.
  — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
• Wall Street firms started out serving their traditional and essential purpose of intermediating capital during the mortgage boom.
  — Daniel J. Arbess, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2018
• Instead of taking deliveries from incoming trucks to intermediate national or state-level warehouses, and then from warehouses to outgoing trucks, cross-docking skips the storage step.
  — Tinglong Dai, Quartz, 16 Dec. 2020
• Increasingly, corporate managements approach us about direct partnerships with private equity fund investors, or with the growing cadre of deal-by-deal managers who intermediate for those investors.
  — Antoine Drean, Forbes, 19 July 2022
• This mountain located in coastal Maine is small but mighty with 15 trails that service mainly intermediate skiers and snowboarders, including the one-mile-long Spinnaker, which starts as a blue and turns into a green.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2021
• Cross-border bank lending booked in Hong Kong has roughly doubled in the past decade, much of it Chinese companies borrowing dollars intermediated through the territory.
  — The Economist, 8 Aug. 2019
• With +play, Verizon is taking aim at other companies seeking to intermediate the relationship between streaming services and consumers, helping those services grow and expand, while taking a small cut in the process.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2022
• Gartner predicts that by 2028, 90% of B2B buying will be intermediated by AI agents.
  — Kathleen Lucente, Forbes.com, 16 Feb. 2026
• By investing in Garoppolo, a team would be acquiring a quarterback who processes quickly, is decisive in getting rid of the football and can deliver it accurately to intermediate areas.
  — Nicholas McGee, Forbes, 12 July 2022
• On the statewide ballot is the nonpartisan seat for Wisconsin Supreme Court and two nonpartisan seats for Wisconsin intermediate appellate courts.
  — Ridah Syed, Journal Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2023
• This isn’t a dining guide featuring cuisine from each country participating in the World Cup, but rather a greatest-hits medley of local favorites at three different price points, from inexpensive to intermediate to worth a splurge.
  — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 10 June 2026