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Recent Examples of indirectly
Buarque and Jobim’s Sabiá was indirectly political, speaking of exile, a bird singing in a foreign land—but the public wanted a more direct confrontation.
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Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
—Arkansas Online, 6 May 2026
Our mayor appointed an incompetent team that indirectly caused Palisades, crippled prevention and destroyed Palisades.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
With this heating style, pans are heated directly instead of indirectly through a burner.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 4 May 2026
United will also earn additional income indirectly from Champions League qualification through other revenue streams.
—Mark Critchley, New York Times, 3 May 2026
It is generally agreed that Helen, the woman of matchless beauty who indirectly caused the Trojan War by eloping with (or being abducted by) the Trojan prince Paris, belongs to the realm of fiction and not fact, as do Achilles and other mythological figures.
—Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
Rachel Barber The Fed typically lowers its benchmark rate to stimulate the economy by making borrowing costs cheaper, which can indirectly lower interest rates on auto loans, personal loans, and credit cards.
—Rachel Barber, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
The prions are spread between animals through bodily fluids, including saliva, blood, urine and feces, and can occur through direct contact or indirectly through contamination of soil, food or water.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
—Arkansas Online, 6 May 2026
Our mayor appointed an incompetent team that indirectly caused Palisades, crippled prevention and destroyed Palisades.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
With this heating style, pans are heated directly instead of indirectly through a burner.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 4 May 2026
United will also earn additional income indirectly from Champions League qualification through other revenue streams.
—Mark Critchley, New York Times, 3 May 2026
It is generally agreed that Helen, the woman of matchless beauty who indirectly caused the Trojan War by eloping with (or being abducted by) the Trojan prince Paris, belongs to the realm of fiction and not fact, as do Achilles and other mythological figures.
—Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
Rachel Barber The Fed typically lowers its benchmark rate to stimulate the economy by making borrowing costs cheaper, which can indirectly lower interest rates on auto loans, personal loans, and credit cards.
—Rachel Barber, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
The prions are spread between animals through bodily fluids, including saliva, blood, urine and feces, and can occur through direct contact or indirectly through contamination of soil, food or water.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indirectly
obliquely
Adverb
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Bianco also obliquely referred to attacks Hilton has lobbed against the sheriff on the campaign trail.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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While López-Owens refers obliquely to Sweeney Bell, the clerk's other Democratic challenger attacks directly.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
26 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Indirectly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indirectly. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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