intermediated

past tense of intermediate
as in intervened
to act as a go-between for opposing sides if the secretary-general chooses to intermediate in this dispute, he'll need all of his diplomatic skills just to get both sides in the same room

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Recent Examples of intermediated Fittingly, a local agent of the Ford Motor Company intermediated the first negotiations in the early 1930s for Standard Oil of California’s rights to Saudi oil. — Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026 Among an internet that’s more automated and intermediated by artificial intelligence, trust becomes the defining factor in every interaction. — Sammy Ahmed, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
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  • Ossoff went a step further, accusing Collins himself of amplifying hateful content and saying that his former congressional aide had intervened on behalf of a Holocaust denier.
    — AJC.com, AJC.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The Texas Education Agency (TEA) intervened following years of academic underperformance at select campuses — a move that drew sharp accusations of political overreach from critics.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
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  • But how will the company adapt as the customer experience is increasingly mediated by AI?
    — Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 29 Sep. 2026
  • This isn’t just intuition; a 2025 study of 666 professionals found that frequent AI reliance is linked to measurably lower critical-thinking performance, mediated by exactly this kind of cognitive offloading.
    — Anna Drobakha, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • He was supposed to be one-on-one with Reigns before Jimmy Uso interfered and cost him the title.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The robot had to remove the lid, pick up the banana and place it on the plate, while adjusting its actions if a person interfered or an attempt failed.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Intermediated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intermediated. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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