How to Use medium-term in a Sentence

medium-term

adjective
  • The growth is likely to boost gas in the near- to medium-term.
    Ben Geman, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Ives said Nvidia is the biggest winner of the pause in the near- to medium-term.
    Frank Holland, CNBC, 12 May 2025
  • Berg is in charge of the short- and medium-term aims of the club, stretching over the next two to five years.
    Simon Hughes, New York Times, 11 June 2025
  • That doesn't mean anything will change for Google in the short- or medium-term, though.
    Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 21 Apr. 2025
  • But our short- and medium-term futures are more tricky.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
  • Over the medium-term, Folkerts-Landau and Reid are more bullish, too.
    Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Your roadmap should include short-term wins, medium-term goals, and a long-term vision.
    Glenn Gow, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
  • To be sure, Niles is not betting against the market even with his medium-term concern.
    Jesse Pound, CNBC, 6 June 2025
  • That is part of Alonso’s medium-term plan to turn the side into a modern, cohesive team on and off the ball.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 22 June 2025
  • This is the most likely medium-term solution to drive down the costs of GLP-1 drugs and eliminate the drug shortages in the marketplace.
    C. Michael White / The Conversation, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Short-term loans are called Treasury bills or T-bills, medium-term loans are called Treasury notes, and longer-term loans are called Treasury bonds.
    Brad Case, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • The doctors The Times spoke to were relatively bullish about Biden’s short-term — and even medium-term — prognosis.
    Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
  • This is the only credible medium-term outcome of the U.S.-Chinese rivalry short of war.
    Michael J. Mazarr, Foreign Affairs, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Some short- and medium-term business and consumer interest rates went to 20%.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 11 May 2025
  • Manthey nevertheless stressed that her bullishness was for the short to medium-term.
    Jenni Reid, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
  • On Thursday, the company said that the U.S. can expect wider supply next year, although shortages may be likely in the short- to medium-term.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The benchmark repo rate had remained steady at 6.5% for the past two years, with inflation staying above the central bank’s medium-term target of 4%.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Traders can shoot for the moon with short-term volatility funds or take a more modest approach with medium-term funds or even take advantage of calm markets with short funds.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2024
  • The borrowing costs that matter most for consumers are medium-term (like car loans) or long-term (like home mortgages) interest rates.
    Neil Irwin, Axios, 23 Jan. 2025
  • And its medium-term strategic plan calls for the group to own more intellectual property and to grow its presence in anime.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Yet an average of 78% of the executive team’s time is spent on short- to medium-term growth initiatives, which are realized in five years or less.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The manufacturer also pared back its medium-term outlook for the technology, and now expects EVs to account for half of sales in the second half of the decade rather than in 2025.
    Wilfried Eckl-Dorna, Fortune Europe, 22 Feb. 2024
  • That is only expected to be a short-term scenario, though, and for the medium-term and long-term, EV sales are still expected to grow significantly.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 22 May 2025
  • The fund’s director, Kristalina Georgieva, noted last week that the forecast amounts to the weakest medium-term global growth projection in over 30 years.
    Will Daniel, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2023
  • This underscores the pitfalls of making short- or even medium-term forecasts of economic trends.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The firm cited low visibility in the U.S. and China in the near term and expects near- and medium-term estimate reductions.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Another limitation is that the review focused on the short- to medium-term effects of a warning issued 20 years ago, Chua said.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024
  • There are reasons to hope for a medium-term mellowing of Chinese power that might open space for a real diplomatic breakthrough.
    Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The medium-term bet on who will prevail between an 86-year-old dictator and his young society is clear.
    Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The money comes from a fund that helps countries facing medium-term payment difficulties.
    Katie Marie Davies The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2025

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