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momentary

[moh-muhn-ter-ee] / ˈmoʊ mənˌtɛr i /


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Momentary states, Beckmann explains, reflect how particular personality traits reveal themselves as a person responds to differing situations.

From Scientific American • Apr. 5, 2023

The next stop is the Momentary, a satellite space of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark., starting Oct.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2021

In their essay “Authoritarianism Is Not a Momentary Madness but an Eternal Dynamic Within Liberal Democracies,” Stenner and Haidt describe the psychology behind the fervor of the embrace of authoritarians.

From Slate • Oct. 19, 2018

Momentary hallucinations tilt the show into motion as a mental-hygiene thriller, and extended dream sequences intertwine with waking life to escalate its tensions.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 21, 2018

Momentary and hasty scurryings in the dead leaves attested the presence of other animals, faint chirpings and rustlings the presence of other birds, following these their most courageous foragers.

From The Silent Places by White, Stewart Edward




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