short-term

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“At least in the short-term, these samples really do represent our best opportunity to answer that question about life,” says Wadhwa, who now heads the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

The region also ranked seventh worst nationally for annual particle pollution and seventh worst for short-term particle pollution.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

The 1983 amendments addressed both the short-term financing crisis and some of the long-term challenges.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

Goalkeeper Stefan Ortega, 33, signed a short-term deal in January which expires this summer.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

That is why experts rely on it; in a world that is increasingly impatient with longterm processes, fear is a potent short-term play.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt