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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Oddly, most of that investment has gone into battery electric or hydrogen technologies with longer-term payoff cycles, limited impact on industry passenger growth and limited reduction in medium-term GHG production. —

Dean Donovan, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 With the budget featuring a fiscal loosening, Bloomberg Economics reckons that quarterly forecasts accompanying the decision will probably show higher growth and medium-term inflation. —

Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024 The 10-year gilt yield, representing medium-term borrowing costs for the government, was slightly lower on the day at 11:20 a.m. —

Jenni Reid, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024 The October 1-year medium-term lending facility (MLF) rate was left at 2%, as expected, though the volume of lending increased from September’s RMB 300 billion to RMB 700 billion, versus expectations of RMB 600 billion. —

Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for medium-term