Definitions

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  • noun intervention; mediation
  • adjective that intervenes or mediates
  • verb Present participle of intervene.

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  • adjective occurring or falling between events or points in time

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Examples

  • If they did, the SCt might be less interested in intervening in midrange policy in the first place!

    Archive 2009-10-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • If they did, the SCt might be less interested in intervening in midrange policy in the first place!

    Rochelle Dreyfuss on the Federal Circuit and the Supreme Court Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • Other gods are interesting and do allow for different kinds of dramatic conflict, and humour for that matter but discounting one almighty God on the grounds that he will ruin the story by intervening is based on erroneous thinking.

    MIND MELD: Gods by the Bushel 2009

  • Of course it is the mother and the two lodgers who were responsible for the appalling crimes against this child - but what about those bit-part players who never even played their small part in intervening to improve and save a life?

    Public Officials Did Not Kill “Baby P” « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • The judge said he would instruct jurors that Murray still would be responsible for Jackson's death if it was foreseeable that the singer could have injected himself with propofol -- an action that was called an "intervening cause" in court.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • They allow rapes to happen out of their own enjoyment of a prisoner’s suffering; because they’ve been paid off; or because intervening is toohard.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » More on “Weight Classes” for Prison Inmates 2010

  • Hence the euro zone will have an excuse for not intervening, which is exactly what German Chancellor Angela Merkel had intended.

    Greece's Rescue Package Could Sink It Patience Wheatcroft 2010

  • Hence the euro zone will have an excuse for not intervening, which is exactly what German Chancellor Angela Merkel had intended.

    Greece's Rescue Package Could Sink It Patience Wheatcroft 2010

  • Hence the euro zone will have an excuse for not intervening, which is exactly what German Chancellor Angela Merkel had intended.

    Greece's Rescue Package Could Sink It Patience Wheatcroft 2010

  • Hence the euro zone will have an excuse for not intervening, which is exactly what German Chancellor Angela Merkel had intended.

    Greece's Rescue Package Could Sink It Patience Wheatcroft 2010

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  • My adjectival use: 'Much could happen in the intervening time.'

    August 22, 2011