short-lived
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The task is to prove this is not a short-lived policy, and corners and set-pieces can be cleaned up.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Market relief at the unexpected intervention could prove short-lived as it fails to address concerns about high levels of debt and government spending, analysts said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
This was “merely a continuation of the trend toward lower inflation, partly distorted by one-off effects” and the dollar’s falls proved short-lived, Commerzbank’s Michael Pfister said in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
McLaughlin has been a political contributor for ABC News, and served as communications director for Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and for the short-lived presidential campaign of Vivek Ramaswamy.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Both were founder members of the short-lived Accademia del Cimento, founded in Florence the following year, and Borelli studied anatomy around this time.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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