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short-term

[shawrt-turm] / ˈʃɔrtˈtɜrm /


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Data showed 4.28 million foreigners staying in Japan as of the end of June, excluding short-term visitors, the Immigration Services Agency said on Friday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

However, Raman has criticized the plan, saying short-term rentals contribute to L.A.’s housing shortage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

But borrowing short when inflation threatens to push short-term rates higher can “amplify the monetary-fiscal feedback,” warn Era Dabla-Norris and Rodrigo Valdés of the International Monetary Fund.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The bank levy currently charges 0.1% on outstanding short-term loans and 0.05% on longer-dated loans, although mortgages are excluded from the calculation.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

After that, we stayed in London while Baba traveled to Singapore, Malaysia, Cameroon, and the Philippines on short-term engineering contracts.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins


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