transient
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“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
“These memory bubbles are transient but impossible to time,” they said.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 13, 2026
He claimed at the tribunal in August that he had suffered from anxiety and depression, while a union representative said he "had suffered from a recognised condition that day, known as transient global amnesia".
From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026
The woman was a possible transient at the time of her death, Orange County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Sgt.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2026
The notion that life is transient, that it can come and go quickly, unexpectedly, had been with me since I had seen my own father die.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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The Declaration of Independence
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