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transitory

adjective as in temporary

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adjective as in brief

adjective as in fleeting

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While it’s normal to see humpbacks in Monterey Bay or Hawai’i, Southern California is more of a transitory point for the whales en route to Mexico or even Costa Rica, according to Girardeau.

Bouchillon distinguishes between trait self-esteem, as the more constant and enduring form of self-esteem, and state self-esteem, which is transitory, like the boost someone might feel from a social media post being liked.

America wasn’t in the throes of unsustainably high consumer demand, but a temporary — call it “transitory” — spike.

“Clarkston” hints that some of our most instructive relationships may be the most transitory.

Powell acknowledged on Friday that the Fed initially misjudged the inflation spike in spring 2021, thinking that the pandemic-related surge in prices would be “transitory” and one that the Fed could look past.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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