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Recent Examples of indirectly
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Terry Mattingly, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2025
The strong winds are indirectly caused by an atmospheric river battering California, as the storm is providing moisture to a weather system that is causing the winds in Nevada, NWS meteorologist Jon Bongard told Newsweek.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
In the United States, there is a long history of sports betting and match-fixing crimes that have been tied to organized crime, both directly and indirectly.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
This includes forest loss caused directly by coffee farming - where land was cleared to grow the crop - as well as indirectly, from nearby road and infrastructure projects, for example.
—NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
Bank of America economist David Tinsley warns that consumers are indirectly footing part of the bill for the AI boom through higher utility costs.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Terry Mattingly, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2025
The strong winds are indirectly caused by an atmospheric river battering California, as the storm is providing moisture to a weather system that is causing the winds in Nevada, NWS meteorologist Jon Bongard told Newsweek.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
In the United States, there is a long history of sports betting and match-fixing crimes that have been tied to organized crime, both directly and indirectly.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
This includes forest loss caused directly by coffee farming - where land was cleared to grow the crop - as well as indirectly, from nearby road and infrastructure projects, for example.
—NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
Bank of America economist David Tinsley warns that consumers are indirectly footing part of the bill for the AI boom through higher utility costs.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indirectly
obliquely
Adverb
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Whereas the play only obliquely references the character’s successful new novel, this version presents Eileen’s manuscript — co-written with her mousy lover Thea (Imogen Potts), a former schoolmate of Hedda’s — as a revelatory treatise on the future of human sexuality.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
28 Oct. 2025
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But Sage also shows up later in the episode to obliquely discuss their plans for Marie.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Indirectly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indirectly. Accessed 21 Nov. 2025.
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