transient
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The result is pure, rich excess — a fashion documentary unlike any other, that manages to capture the transient joy and whimsy of an era where fashion was allowed to be, dare I say, fun.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
Gareth Richards from UK Seal Alliance says "seals are very transient, and will basically go to where there is good fish stocks".
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 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
Modern technology has mostly worked to mitigate information asymmetries, but financial markets now operate at speeds that make transient information asymmetries unavoidable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Since then, it had been gradually expanded until it had dozens of rooms for single miners or transient families.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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These events, called fast X-ray transients, have several possible origins.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
While he’s trying to rebuild, he’s had to fend off transients who trespass onto his property on a regular basis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
At least some long-period radio transients appear to originate in binary star systems involving white dwarfs.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 2, 2026
Outer coast transients, numbering about 210 animals, were most often found within 20 kilometers of the continental shelf break, particularly near submarine canyons.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2025
Time was unorganized except for the communal work, field labor, gardening, woodcutting, maintenance, for which transients such as myself were called on by whatever group most needed a hand.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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