transitory

Example Sentences

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Yet what Fed officials don’t want is to “make the transitory mistake again,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

“For now, the trend is clearly negative, but it should be transitory, assuming the Iran conflict is resolved in weeks and not months,” said Louis Navellier of Navellier Calculated Investing.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

If tariff-related price increases are transitory and inflation seems to be coming down to the Fed’s 2% target, he said there is room for several more rate cuts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

“I knew that this was going to be transitory type of situation, that it was going to change quickly,” says De la Peña, co-director on the film with Rory Mitchell.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

Because we human beings are transitory, our lives as ephemeral as dreams, the tlamatinime suggested that immutable truth is by its nature beyond human experience.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann