medium-term
adjective
: lasting for a period of time that is neither long nor short
Our short-term prospects are grim and our medium-term prospects are uncertain, but our long-term prospects are good.
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Morgan Stanley analyst Brian Harbour said that Dutch Bros’ new management should boost the chain’s medium-term outlook.
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2025
Here is how: either understand the historical odds and position yourself prior to the earnings announcement, or look at the correlation between immediate and medium-term returns post earnings and enter a trade one day after the announcement.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
There are two ways to do that: understand the historical odds and position yourself prior to the earnings release, or look at the correlation between immediate and medium-term returns post earnings and position yourself accordingly after the earnings are released.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Mutual trust has been replaced with Canadian resignation that the medium-term pain of finding new, more reliable friends (and trading partners) is the best of the bad options.
—Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2025
Here is how: either understand the historical odds and position yourself prior to the earnings announcement, or look at the correlation between immediate and medium-term returns post earnings and enter a trade one day after the announcement.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
There are two ways to do that: understand the historical odds and position yourself prior to the earnings release, or look at the correlation between immediate and medium-term returns post earnings and position yourself accordingly after the earnings are released.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Mutual trust has been replaced with Canadian resignation that the medium-term pain of finding new, more reliable friends (and trading partners) is the best of the bad options.
—Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for medium-term
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“Medium-term.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medium-term. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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