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transient

[tran-shuhnt, -zhuhnt, -zee-uhnt] / ˈtræn ʃənt, -ʒənt, -zi ənt /


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Maccani, she said, had been a star prep football player and a college graduate — not a transient as he had been depicted in some early police accounts and news reports.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Decisionmakers—including the Supreme Court and even transient majorities—can get things wrong, until we set them right, or at least make them more perfect.

From Slate Aug. 3, 2026

Bubbling but likely transient worries about cheaper Chinese AI models haven’t helped, either.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

The system is also only the second known long-period radio transient found to produce regular X-rays.

From Science Daily Jun. 2, 2026

I’ve been as transient in my adult life as anyone in our cooperative.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Meanwhile, he said the abandoned lot next door remains unsecured and swamped with trash from transients who frequent the site.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

"Now our findings show the West Coast transients are two distinct groups, split along an east-west divide. They eat different things, hunt in different areas and very rarely spend time with each other."

From Science Daily Nov. 20, 2025

The area on the eastern side of downtown Los Angeles whose cheap residential hotels, bars, liquor stores and missions made it a magnet for transients becomes widely known as Skid Row.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2025

His mother, known as Miss Lillian, had more liberal views — she was known for her charity work and for taking in transients and treating Black residents with kindness.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 29, 2024

Permanent transients with no attachments and tired looking men with their families and dogs in flivvers.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston




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