short-lived

Example Sentences

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The intentionally short-lived union is followed by a breakup into three companies.

From The Wall Street Journal

It also highlights how ancient DNA can illuminate the deep history of infectious diseases, showing how short-lived childhood infections can eventually become part of the human genome.

From Science Daily

Any near-term rise in oil prices due to heightened geopolitical sentiment could be short-lived, with market focus returning to core supply-demand fundamentals, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal

The United States, China and Malaysia had brokered a truce to end the fighting between Cambodia and Thailand in July, but that ceasefire was short-lived.

From Barron's

And Mr Hildebrand and others warn that the low prices will be short-lived.

From BBC