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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There’s no exact timeline on when the physical AI opportunity will emerge and most analysts are still struggling to incorporate it in to their short- and medium-term models. —

Pia Singh, CNBC, 18 Jan. 2025 The International Monetary Fund has projected that annual global growth will average around three percent over the next five years—the weakest medium-term outlook in decades. —

Saadia Zahidi, Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2025 The growth is likely to boost gas in the near- to medium-term. —

Ben Geman, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025 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. —

Megan Poinski, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for medium-term