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transient

[tran-shuhnt, -zhuhnt, -zee-uhnt] / ˈtræn ʃənt, -ʒənt, -zi ənt /


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World Cup markets, is already seeing a 38% jump in average daily rates from transient travelers for the tournament period.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

The system is also only the second known long-period radio transient found to produce regular X-rays.

From Science Daily Jun. 2, 2026

"Many of the affected areas are mining towns with highly mobile and transient populations. This mobility increases risk as people move between communities and across borders," says Lang.

From BBC May 17, 2026

In L.A., the transient occupancy tax — sometimes called a bed or hotel tax — is currently 14% of the price of hotel stays and short-term rentals under 30 days.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

The notion that life is transient, that it can come and go quickly, unexpectedly, had been with me since I had seen my own father die.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

While he’s trying to rebuild, he’s had to fend off transients who trespass onto his property on a regular basis.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

Meanwhile, he said the abandoned lot next door remains unsecured and swamped with trash from transients who frequent the site.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

"I have seen outer coast transients acting strangely around inner coast animals," said McInnes, co-founder of the Oceanic Research Alliance.

From Science Daily Nov. 20, 2025

The area on the eastern side of downtown Los Angeles whose cheap residential hotels, bars, liquor stores and missions made it a magnet for transients becomes widely known as Skid Row.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2025

Time was unorganized except for the communal work, field labor, gardening, woodcutting, maintenance, for which transients such as myself were called on by whatever group most needed a hand.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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