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- noun Plural form of
intervention .
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Examples
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Over the years, Francois has helped out with many "interventions," the code word for anesthetizing a gorilla because it has a life-threatening problem.
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Over the years, Francois has helped out with many "interventions," the code word for anesthetizing a gorilla because it has a life-threatening problem.
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"It's so easy just to buy what you call interventions - 'give me a new suit or tart me up, but what I want is an outcome'."
Latest financial, market & economic news and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2010
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Out of $3 trillion in interventions how much went to the little guy?
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He calls the interventions "like speed bumps in Malibu," not the sort of actions that will ultimately halt the yen's ascent.
Japan Finds It Harder to Slow the Yen Alex Frangos 2011
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You are of course correct that the sophisticated argument in favor of certain interventions is not the same as the vulgar, of course.
Business and Health Care Costs, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Occupational therapists are trained in interventions that help individuals achieve independence in all areas of their lives.
Occupational Therapy 2010
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What she has elucidated through a series of studies and more controlled interventions is the nature of these networks, where help givers provide assistance to those who seek help with aspects of technology.
iPad Day2: The Transition Plan « Beki's Blog (there's an original name) 2010
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Expecting the distribution of power in the international system to prevent the US from undertaking stupid interventions is frankly asking a bit too much.
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CEO James J. Saccacio said in a statement that "the fall-off in foreclosures is not based on a robust recovery in the housing market but on short-term interventions and delays that will extend the current housing market woes into 2012 and beyond."
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