How to Use intervention in a Sentence

intervention

noun
  • On the flip side of that, the economic costs of many of those interventions are very large.
    Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 30 July 2023
  • Hence the need for Supreme Court intervention has been clear.
    Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 16 Dec. 2023
  • The latter would call for interventions that address the root of the health issue.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 2 May 2024
  • For most clients the city assigns to an I.M.T. team, the intervention comes after decades of trouble.
    Andy Newman Hiroko Masuike, New York Times, 3 May 2023
  • Thanks to the intervention of Roberts and others like her, conditions in the camp improved.
    Sue Eisenfeld, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024
  • His stand was in keeping with a long record of support for intervention abroad.
    Michael H. Brown, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Levinson had tried his best to help the 25-year-old actor get off drugs — there were interventions, and HBO paid to send him to rehab.
    Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
  • The decision represents the first phase of what could be a two-step process of state intervention.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The top Democrats in D.C. get it and are doing just that—at least until they can be assured their intervention won’t be for naught.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 2 July 2024
  • The researchers measured the amount of carotenoids in the participants’ skin before and after the four weeks of the intervention.
    Lauren Manaker Ms, Rdn, Health, 17 Aug. 2024
  • No visible intervention In the admissions room, the video shows that two deputies pushed Otieno to the floor and leaned his upper body against a large chair.
    Samuel Oakford, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
  • Demi Moore wants to turn back the clock with a little liquid intervention.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 11 July 2024
  • What would save it is corporate intervention, a move that in the end still comes down to profit for that company and it alone.
    Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2024
  • But there are signs that some interventions are working.
    Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
  • That same year, the prince launched a military intervention in Yemen that caused vast civilian deaths and sank into a quagmire.
    Ben Hubbard, New York Times, 10 June 2023
  • The wine is made with little intervention in the vineyard or the winery, and without oak influence.
    Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The cubs, all males, were born at the zoo Jan. 9 but have stayed behind the scenes, zoo officials said, with minimal human intervention.
    Doug George, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The team hopes this work can help cities know where to target heat reduction interventions, such as planting trees or painting streets white.
    Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 3 July 2024
  • Prior to Allan’s intervention, the area was an ugly and overgrown lot.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 June 2024
  • In turn, Altman called for government intervention to protect against the worst effects and abuses of AI.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 May 2023
  • The intervention comes days after First Republic reported losing about 40% of its deposits in the first quarter of the year.
    Brian Cheung, NBC News, 1 May 2023
  • Pruitt’s wife, Casey, was also hired at Plainview last month as a reading/math intervention teacher.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 27 July 2023
  • For the past two years, Armstrong taught at Westerville City Schools as a preschool intervention specialist.
    Matt Leavitt, cleveland, 18 July 2023
  • Religious leaders in the metro Phoenix area echoed divine intervention in statements, sermons and words of prayer.
    L. M. Boyd, The Arizona Republic, 14 July 2024
  • The state argued court intervention on behalf of Black voters wasn't needed.
    CBS News, 26 Oct. 2023
  • And other states have dealt with the consequences of that through judicial intervention.
    Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 10 Apr. 2024
  • France pushed for a military intervention; the United States resisted the idea.
    Elian Peltier, New York Times, 4 May 2024
  • In those cases, the Army has another unique intervention, called ice sheeting.
    David Schechter, CBS News, 3 July 2024
  • Overexposure to heat can cause heat cramps and heat exhaustion to develop and, without intervention, can lead to heat stroke, the weather service warned.
    Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 1 Oct. 2024
  • An older woman who’s battling metastatic breast cancer will be navigating different medical interventions and emotional stressors than, say, someone who was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in their 30s.
    Sam Manzella, Flow Space, 30 Sep. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'intervention.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: