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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
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Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2025
The birds, the flowers, the trees, the soil—each of these entities had a history that preceded its current state, and each stage of that history was informed by both regeneration and violence, and political and environmental factors that impacted it directly and indirectly.
—Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
Disclaimer No part of the authors’ compensation was, is, or will be directly or indirectly related to the specific recommendations or views expressed herein.
—Randy Watts, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
For those with prostates, perineal stimulation can also indirectly create deep arousal and enhance orgasm.
—Essence, 11 Sep. 2025
This process has previously only been studied indirectly.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
In the process, nearly one million people were directly killed in these post-9/11 wars and many more killed indirectly due to the chaos of the wars.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
Beyond the water that cools the servers, data centers indirectly contribute to water use through the electricity generation needed to power their operations.
—Shaolei Ren, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2025
What surprised many on Wall Street was how much Google appears to benefit indirectly from the rapid progress of its rivals.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2025
The birds, the flowers, the trees, the soil—each of these entities had a history that preceded its current state, and each stage of that history was informed by both regeneration and violence, and political and environmental factors that impacted it directly and indirectly.
—Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
Disclaimer No part of the authors’ compensation was, is, or will be directly or indirectly related to the specific recommendations or views expressed herein.
—Randy Watts, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
For those with prostates, perineal stimulation can also indirectly create deep arousal and enhance orgasm.
—Essence, 11 Sep. 2025
This process has previously only been studied indirectly.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
In the process, nearly one million people were directly killed in these post-9/11 wars and many more killed indirectly due to the chaos of the wars.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
Beyond the water that cools the servers, data centers indirectly contribute to water use through the electricity generation needed to power their operations.
—Shaolei Ren, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2025
What surprised many on Wall Street was how much Google appears to benefit indirectly from the rapid progress of its rivals.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Indirectly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indirectly. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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