intervention

C1Frequent NGSL-3

UK /ˌɪntəˈvenʃn/US /ˌɪntərˈvenʃn/

Meaning

noun

action taken to improve or help a situation

“calls for government intervention to save the steel industry”

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“without any intervention."”

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“So what happens, okay, you take a role change, what happens if you do that at a really minimal level, like this tiny manipulation, this tiny intervention?”

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