as in halfway
occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes
the bridal couple were regally ensconced in intermediary seats at the head table
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as in mediator
one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement
in the past he's served as an intermediary in several hostage situations
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Recent Examples of intermediary
Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026
Whatever the cause, intermediary bites and sips make up a growing portion of Americans’ daily consumption, especially among young people, as my colleague Ellen Cushing wrote in 2024.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
Takaichi notably did not worship at Yasukuni personally, instead sending her offerings through an intermediary.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 22 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
In this case, the VIP customer was a 38-year-old Chinese woman who sent nearly $200 million of the stablecoin Tether to an intermediary wallet, which then relayed the funds to Entity A between November and December 2024.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026
Whatever the cause, intermediary bites and sips make up a growing portion of Americans’ daily consumption, especially among young people, as my colleague Ellen Cushing wrote in 2024.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
Trump then began posting about ongoing talks on social media and speaking to several reporters by phone Friday morning as Pakistani intermediaries updated him on ongoing talks with Iranian officials in Tehran.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
Takaichi notably did not worship at Yasukuni personally, instead sending her offerings through an intermediary.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 22 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intermediary
Adjective
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Shortly after the halfway mark, the movie morphs into something closer to an unofficial three-hander.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Apr. 2026
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As the crew made it to the halfway point between the Earth and the moon, NASA shared an update at midnight on April 4.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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Iran’s foreign minister instead made two separate visits to Islamabad on the weekend, with Axios reporting that a new proposal was made to the US and conveyed through Pakistani mediators.—
Dan Strumpf,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
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Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi made the remarks in Saint Petersburg, where he is expected to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, having sandwiched a trip to Oman in between visits to main mediator Pakistan over the past few days.—
April 27,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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In the intermediate term, one of the two passers will try to prove that the Steelers do not, in fact, need to trade up to land a first-round QB in 2027.—
Nick Baumgardner,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Detective Torres pulled in four officers from the department's Gun Violence Initiative unit, a team of intermediate detectives trained for exactly this kind of boots-on-ground work.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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The Directors Guild of America has issued a vote of confidence in chief negotiator Russell Hollander ahead of the union’s upcoming negotiations with studios and streamers.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Apr. 2026
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Iran's top negotiator Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf and Araghchi echoed the message in recent days.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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When the Broncos cut Greenlaw, the 49ers wasted no time in bringing him back to pair with middle linebacker Fred Warner in hopes of reviving one of the NFL’s top linebacker tandems.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2026
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The middle innings are when things tend to get inefficient for Peralta.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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But some brokers are skeptical that the sky is actually falling.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
27 Apr. 2026
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Kristy Nakamura is the broker of sales at Your Oahu Home Team with eXp Realty on Oahu, Hawaii.—
Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Apr. 2026
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Team members celebrate next to winning robot Lightning during a medial ceremony after the second Beijing E-Town Half Marathon and Humanoid Robot Half Marathon in Beijing, China, April 19, 2026.—
Simon Ellery,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2026
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As the Transit officers descended down to the 4/5/6 platform, one of Griffin’s victims came staggering up the stairs, seeking medial attention, Tisch said.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Founded by two female beauty industry experts who cut out the middleman and source clinically proven ingredients themselves, eliminating unnecessary markups.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Fire the bankers and cut out the Wall Street middlemen sucking value.—
Drew Warshaw,
New York Daily News,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Intermediary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intermediary. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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