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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

Inflation began rising sharply during the pandemic in 2021, which most policymakers and forecasters thought at first would be transitory.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 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

In 2021, as price growth began accelerating in the aftermath of the Covid pandemic, Powell termed the increase transitory, a product of supply-chain bottlenecks and other post-Covid distortions that it assumed would resolve.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

It was a transitory life, so nobody knew him.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez




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