transitory
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On top of that, he said, the evidence is "transitory" because of the weather.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
Statewide, 11.6% of high school students are transitory.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026
Fed officials were hoping inflation would be transitory over the past few years, Tipp said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
He reached back to the 1970s, when a series of shocks that officials dismissed as transitory allowed inflation expectations to drift.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
For all their seeming permanence, mountains are exceedingly transitory features.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing transitory
Tier 2 Words for the SBAC ELA Items
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The Great Gatsby
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Power Prefix: trans-
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