transient
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Housing markets and commodity prices are concerns, but amount to transient factors to be managed.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
Chief Executive Officer Anthony Capuano said solid leisure transient and cross-border travel supported international trends, while U.S. and Canada travel trends were hurt by the extended U.S. government shutdown.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 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
“These memory bubbles are transient but impossible to time,” they said.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 13, 2026
At seventy-nine, Nels was blind in his left eye and could distinguish only shades of light and darkness through its transient, shadowy pupil.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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The Declaration of Independence
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