How to Use medium-term in a Sentence

medium-term

adjective
  • But our short- and medium-term futures are more tricky.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
  • Over the medium-term, Folkerts-Landau and Reid are more bullish, too.
    Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Short-term loans are called Treasury bills or T-bills, medium-term loans are called Treasury notes, and longer-term loans are called Treasury bonds.
    Brad Case, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • This is the only credible medium-term outcome of the U.S.-Chinese rivalry short of war.
    Michael J. Mazarr, Foreign Affairs, 9 Feb. 2024
  • On Thursday, the company said that the U.S. can expect wider supply next year, although shortages may be likely in the short- to medium-term.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The manufacturer also pared back its medium-term outlook for the technology, and now expects EVs to account for half of sales in the second half of the decade rather than in 2025.
    Wilfried Eckl-Dorna, Fortune Europe, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The fund’s director, Kristalina Georgieva, noted last week that the forecast amounts to the weakest medium-term global growth projection in over 30 years.
    Will Daniel, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2023
  • This underscores the pitfalls of making short- or even medium-term forecasts of economic trends.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • There are reasons to hope for a medium-term mellowing of Chinese power that might open space for a real diplomatic breakthrough.
    Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The near- and medium-term disagreements between Washington and Tel Aviv are significant, but the true scope of the rift comes into view only from the highest altitude.
    Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
  • In addition, the government lacks a medium-term fiscal framework, unlike most peers, and has a complex budgeting process.
    Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Furthermore, Schulman said, the medium-term fallout from the massive antiwar demonstrations in the Vietnam era were not at all what protesters sought.
    Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
  • The functionalities offered by an ERP should meet at least most of your company’s immediate needs and support its medium-term growth.
    Dimitri Raziev, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • What kind of near-term and medium-term growth prospects does Alphabet’s management foresee for the company’s foundational search business?
    Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
  • While other nations have repeatedly raised interest rates to fight inflation this year, the PBoC decided to cut its key medium-term interest rate in June.
    Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 10 July 2023
  • Commissioners added one amendment to their approval to urge city officials to work out medium-term leases with recreational users that would be displaced by the proposal, but not for several years.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Meanwhile, analysts expect the Chinese central bank to cut its medium-term lending rate on June 15, and its benchmark loan prime rate on June 20, since all three rates are usually adjusted together.
    Mary Hui, Quartz, 14 June 2023
  • The utilities say this time, there may not be enough gas that is economically viable to produce for a small market, and that any additional supplies would likely only provide a short- to medium-term fix.
    Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 13 July 2023
  • But the company met expectations for sales, and executives kept their full-year and medium-term financial guidance unchanged.
    Sharon Terlep, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2023
  • And there is a significant risk of a recession in the medium-term as well as growing evidence that consumers are feeling real financial pain following two years of high inflation.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 5 June 2023
  • Sumitomo’s fiscal 2023 earnings are due Thursday, when the company is also scheduled to reveal its medium-term business plan.
    Winnie Hsu, Fortune Asia, 29 Apr. 2024
  • While such a solution may be ideal in the short to medium-term, Egypt will undoubtedly prove highly reluctant to antagonize Russia, which would doubtlessly condemn such an arrangement.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The central bank had already injected hundreds of billions of yuan into the banking system since January, mainly through a medium-term lending facility, the analysts said.
    Laura He, CNN, 17 Mar. 2023
  • With global challenges expected to continue on the back of high-interest rates, geopolitical tensions, and sluggish global demand, overall economic growth is likely to slow in the medium-term.
    Krutika Pathi, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2023
  • In addition to a rainy-day fund, Benz recommends having a mix of high-quality bonds — including government, corporate and mortgage-backed securities — that cover your short-term and medium-term spending needs from three to 10 years out.
    Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
  • The agency noted that high levels of job vacancies, combined with labor participation rates running below pre-pandemic levels, could limit medium-term growth.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The medium-term bucket holds income-generating investments, including low-risk, low-volatility stocks for stable capital gains.
    Bruce Helmer and Peg Webb, Twin Cities, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Tax cuts and new spending initiatives coupled with multiple economic shocks have swelled budget deficits, Fitch said, while medium-term challenges related to rising entitlement costs remain largely unaddressed.
    Benjamin Purvis, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Portugal’s medium-term outlook is supported by significant private and public investments as well as the implementation of further structural reforms, Moody’s said.
    WSJ, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Identifying key critical roles should be a short-term priority, while medium-term initiatives would include incorporating the rest of the company’s leaders and senior employees into a transformation.
    Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024

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