transient
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Cars with manually shifted transmissions are less efficient, with higher consumption and transient emissions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
“Artists have since given me works, which has been very touching, but the situation has changed my attachment to things, now that I see how transient they can be.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026
According to the NHS, Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood is a condition that causes transient weakness of either, or both, sides of the body.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026
“We view any rally as transient, recommending selling any Brent rally above $70 per barrel, as balances loosen further through the first half of 2026,” Martoccia wrote.
From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026
Were not the gods forms created like me and you, mortal, transient?
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
Vocabulary lists containing transient
The Declaration of Independence
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