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Recent Examples of indirectly
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Arkansas Online, 11 Mar. 2026
Payton and Paton, both, have been indirectly saying as much for a calendar year.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026
As vessels avoid the region, congestion has hit ports both directly and indirectly impacted by the conflict.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 Mar. 2026
Obama also indirectly responded to Trump’s sharing a video on social media last month in which he and his wife, former first lady Michelle Obama, were depicted as apes.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 6 Mar. 2026
Your body converts beta-carotene into vitamin A as needed, so this powerful plant compound can indirectly support vision, skin health, and immune function.
—Caitlin Beale, Health, 5 Mar. 2026
After nearly 30 years of civil war in Sri Lanka, which ended in 2009, Jayawardana told NBC News, the town had little appetite for seeing violence return, even indirectly.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 5 Mar. 2026
Critics argue that state institutions have been slow to dismantle the networks and that political elites benefit directly or indirectly from their persistence.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 4 Mar. 2026
More indirectly, group vice chair Randy Levine, the president of the New York Yankees, helps organize the annual Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Arkansas Online, 11 Mar. 2026
Payton and Paton, both, have been indirectly saying as much for a calendar year.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026
As vessels avoid the region, congestion has hit ports both directly and indirectly impacted by the conflict.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 Mar. 2026
Obama also indirectly responded to Trump’s sharing a video on social media last month in which he and his wife, former first lady Michelle Obama, were depicted as apes.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 6 Mar. 2026
Your body converts beta-carotene into vitamin A as needed, so this powerful plant compound can indirectly support vision, skin health, and immune function.
—Caitlin Beale, Health, 5 Mar. 2026
After nearly 30 years of civil war in Sri Lanka, which ended in 2009, Jayawardana told NBC News, the town had little appetite for seeing violence return, even indirectly.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 5 Mar. 2026
Critics argue that state institutions have been slow to dismantle the networks and that political elites benefit directly or indirectly from their persistence.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 4 Mar. 2026
More indirectly, group vice chair Randy Levine, the president of the New York Yankees, helps organize the annual Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indirectly
obliquely
Adverb
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The new president trod carefully, acknowledging only obliquely the legal end of the transatlantic slave trade in 1808.—
Regina E. Mason,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2026
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Official Hollywood posters, especially in the Reagan years, were spurned in favor of surreal homegrown imagery, most of it only obliquely connected to the movies in question.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Indirectly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indirectly. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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