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.

Examples of medium-term in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Chip manufacturing will reportedly be done abroad in the medium-term. Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 5 June 2024 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 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 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 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 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 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 This could involve categorizing investments from highly liquid assets for immediate needs to medium-term investments that can afford some volatility but offer higher returns. True Tamplin, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024

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“Medium-term.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medium-term. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

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