short-term

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First, they cause short-term shortages, which in turn lead to widespread and sometimes opportunistic price increases.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

An assembly spokesperson later added that records were only held on a "short-term basis" and bookings for one week in May cost about £325.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Trucking companies with long-term customers can generally pass on the higher fuel costs by adding a fuel surcharge in the bill, but truck drivers taking on short-term contracts—as Whitaker does—typically don’t get this benefit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

The Powell Fed characterized the 2021 and 222 inflation surge as “transitory,” contending the accelerating price growth trends were a short-term effect and would ease as supply chains normalized.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

All of them, including Eisman, thought Eisman was temperamentally less than perfectly suited to making short-term trading judgments.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis