temporary
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This time, there are two big reasons earnings expectations have soared—and they are both probably temporary.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
Rather, it means superhigh profits are expected to be temporary.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
Hopes of an end to the war, or at least the temporary ceasefire, have eased fears of runaway inflation, lowered market expectations of Bank rate rises, so have led to lower swap rates.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
The Strait of Hormuz, a critical maritime chokepoint, has reopened as part of a temporary truce between Israel and Lebanon.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
May’s funeral turned Ob and me into temporary sort-of socialites, and we never really got the chance to howl and pull our hair out.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
Vocabulary lists containing temporary
It's About Time: Chron and Temp
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