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intermediating

verb

present participle of intermediate
as in intervening
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 intermediating Rare is the business that grows by intermediating what is rendered worthless by the intermediation. — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intermediating
  1. intervening
  2. interfering
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  • Trump administration members have argued the Fed ought not to intervene on the economy now, saying there is a tradition of the Fed not intervening ahead of midterm elections.
    — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
  • So many of his former team-mates have left the club in the intervening period and yet the 29-year-old remains, one of the last links to an era that has been moved away from at pace.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of intervening
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  • By preventing excess slack and eliminating interfering contours, the PBU minimizes collision risks across complex movement paths.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Under the law, federal officers are prohibited from interfering in elections.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of interfering

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