interceding

present participle of intercede

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Recent Examples of interceding However, almost all of the respondents who agreed with this statement envisioned the National Guard interceding nonviolently to stop violent protests and riots. Ryan Kennedy, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
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intervening
Verb
  • The guardrails monitor the spacecraft’s condition and the neural network’s outputs, intervening when predefined safety limits are approached.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
  • In the intervening years hot chicken appeared at restaurants spanning LA to NYC, even earning a controversial spot on KFC’s menu in 2016.
    Ellen Fort, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 July 2026

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“Interceding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interceding. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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