transiently

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Some people, though, experience loneliness not just transiently but chronically.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024

Similarly, when PI3K-C2b was transiently inactivated, endothelial cells appeared larger than usual.

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2023

This is important, because rainfall and sewage overflow events transiently increase the number of bacteria in water and may not be picked up during routine monitoring.

From Salon • Jul. 19, 2023

Developmental biologists have long known that the off-center placement of the heart and other organs is linked to a group of cells called the left-right organizer, which transiently forms in an early embryo.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 22, 2021

Kindelon threw back his head, as she finished, and laughed with such heartiness that more of his strong white teeth were transiently visible than would have pleased a strict judge of decorum.

From The Adventures of a Widow A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar