short-run

[shawrt-ruhn] / ˈʃɔrtˌrʌn /

ADJECTIVE

short-lived

Synonyms

STRONGEST

brief ephemeral fleeting momentary short-term temporary transitory

WEAK

deciduous evanescent fly-by-night fugacious fugitive gone in a heartbeat impermanent of short duration over in a heartbeat passing quick short short-haul transient

Antonyms

STRONGEST

enduring lasting lengthy long long-lived permanent perpetual

WEAK

ethereal

Example Sentences

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“Deducting our costs more quickly provides a short-run benefit but this policy ultimately doesn’t change the amount of tax we pay. It just changes the timing of our tax payments,” the company statement said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

While that may seem trivial, short-run diesel price inelasticity and refinery constraints imply materially higher regional prices, especially if substitutes are costly or slow to arrive.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 4, 2026

Jiao Yang from Singapore Management University believes that although Beijing holds the cards in the short-run, Washington does have some strategic options at its disposal.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2025

“I do think that this is a secondary factor relative to decisions by the Fed or other central banks. And in the short-run, other inflationary factors dominate.”

From Salon • Jan. 22, 2025

Yet short-run economic prospects are good, provided tensions do not again erupt between indigenous Fijians and Indo-Fijians.

From The 2004 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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