interceding

present participle of intercede

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of interceding Diamantis was accused of interceding twice for Acranom on a project at Weaver High School in Hartford, once during a dispute over the quality of the company’s work and again in their effort to obtain a second contract. — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 14 Sep. 2026 However, almost all of the respondents who agreed with this statement envisioned the National Guard interceding nonviolently to stop violent protests and riots. — Ryan Kennedy, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025 When Paul offered to talk to some of 3M’s executives himself, she was mortified at the idea of her father interceding. — Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 20 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interceding
intervening
Verb
  • Under their proposal, the intervening day before a vote to break a filibuster would be eliminated and debate time condensed, removing dead time from the Senate floor.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • In that intervening century, women gained the vote and man went to the moon, but the appeal of entering an alternate universe where men pose no threat to the dreams of ambitious women remained constant.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026

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“Interceding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interceding. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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