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Recent Examples of indirect Monday's indirect talks are meant to prepare the way for the release of hostages from Gaza and Palestinians from Israeli detention, mediator Egypt said. Sam Mednick, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2025 Growing Instructions for Monstera Esqueleto Like other members of the tropical monstera family, Monstera 'Esqueleto' will grow best in bright, indirect light. Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025 These indirect effects are in addition to the direct impact of lost income for federal workers and those that operate on federal contracts, which leads to reductions in consumption and production. John W. Diamond, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025 At least 71 indirect deaths were linked to the storm, including 23 in South Carolina, 21 in North Carolina, 16 in Florida, nine in Georgia and one each in Tennessee and Virginia, according to data compiled by the National Hurricane Center. Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for indirect
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Adjective
  • The way people typically die in intersections is often because of head-on and T-bone crashes, which the roundabout design addresses, Bryson said.
    Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Hernandez has had a roundabout big-league career.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The country's National Disaster Mitigation Agency told AP that rescue teams were using heavy excavators equipped with jackhammers and circular saws, as well as their bare hands on occasion, to find the 14 students still missing.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • On the third floor, a vaulted ceiling uncovered an original circular window, and another was found in the library.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Indirect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indirect. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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