short-lived

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By now, practically every professional investor has probably seen a table showing stock-market selloffs driven by previous geopolitical shocks have tended to be short-lived, he said.

From MarketWatch

People like Schliemann enjoyed short-lived pay boosts, only to be jettisoned into an economy where everything costs more.

From The Wall Street Journal

He presented the vast military buildup in the Persian Gulf as a high-pressure negotiating tactic in the short-lived bargaining sessions over Iran’s nuclear enrichment.

From Salon

But that advice assumes the price bump will be short-lived and that people still believe the Fed will get inflation back to normal.

From The Wall Street Journal

Stock indexes have held up pretty well since the start of the war, with the S&P 500 down about 2% and many investors hopeful that the oil-price surge will be short-lived.

From The Wall Street Journal