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fleeting
adjective as in brief, transient
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Introduced at the Zurich Film Festival a couple of weekends ago, she appeared fleetingly in a two-minute satirical video.
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The effects are often fleeting, mild or present no symptoms.
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Qatari support for the proposal is a positive development, but the U.S. should be cautious it isn’t fleeting.
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Physicians say no syrup shortens their course; at best, they offer fleeting comfort.
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America has proven time and again that its moral outrage is fleeting.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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