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short-term
adjective as in temporary
Weak matches
- Band-Aid
- acting
- ad hoc
- ad interim
- alternate
- brief
- changeable
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- fleeting
- for the time being
- fugacious
- fugitive
- impermanent
- make-do
- makeshift
- mortal
- overnight
- passing
- perishable
- pro tem
- pro tempore
- provisional
- provisory
- shifting
- short
- short-lived
- short-range
- slapdash
- stopgap
- substitute
- summary
- supply
- temp
- transient
- transitory
- unfixed
- unstable
- volatile
Example Sentences
The impasse came as Democrats demanded healthcare provisions in the budget while Republicans pushed for a short-term budget extension without policy changes.
The newcomers — “We call them the stroller mafia,” she told me — pushed through new taxes aimed at curbing short-term rentals to tourists that limit the already-scarce housing available to residents.
Republicans want a short-term extension of current spending levels – essentially kicking the legislative can a bit farther down the road.
Previously England squads would be offered short-term contracts around major tournaments and match fees, but would have to balance their rugby with jobs elsewhere and frequently flip into the sevens programme.
The woman, who was 20 at the time, was attacked during a short-term relationship after she moved to Belfast to begin her university studies.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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