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transitory

[tran-si-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, -zi-] / ˈtræn sɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, -zɪ- /




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Fed officials were hoping inflation would be transitory over the past few years, Tipp said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

"Pakistani leaders are conducting shuttle diplomacy throughout the Middle East. The question is whether it is transitory and merely the product of the US president's idiosyncratic preferences."

From BBC • May 7, 2026

As inflation surged in 2021 and 2022, lower PCE readings created less urgency for the Fed to raise rates and counteract what it at the time referred to as transitory inflation.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Instead, we are presented with a set of writing scenes that are provisional, improvised, transitory and, in many senses, unreproducible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

At first, as a student, I wanted freedom only for myself, the transitory freedoms of being able to stay out at night, read what I pleased, and go where I chose.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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