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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Yet an average of 78% of the executive team’s time is spent on short- to medium-term growth initiatives, which are realized in five years or less.
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Megan Poinski, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Canada is a natural resource superpower, and this fact would become part of the U.S.
Second, Canada has vast unexploited potential, which would further boost U.S. GDP and GDP per capita over the medium-term.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Zalando’s medium-term outlook for the combined group sees gross merchandise value and revenue rising at a five-year compound annual growth rate of between 5 percent and 10 percent until 2028.
—Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025
Slot and his performance team mapped out short and medium-term plans for each player, with a clear focus on avoiding the sort of burnout that had impacted previous seasons at Liverpool.
—Gregg Evans, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Megan Poinski, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Canada is a natural resource superpower, and this fact would become part of the U.S.
Second, Canada has vast unexploited potential, which would further boost U.S. GDP and GDP per capita over the medium-term.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Zalando’s medium-term outlook for the combined group sees gross merchandise value and revenue rising at a five-year compound annual growth rate of between 5 percent and 10 percent until 2028.
—Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025
Slot and his performance team mapped out short and medium-term plans for each player, with a clear focus on avoiding the sort of burnout that had impacted previous seasons at Liverpool.
—Gregg Evans, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Medium-term.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medium-term. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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