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momentary

[moh-muhn-ter-ee] / ˈmoʊ mənˌtɛr i /


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Momentary states, Beckmann explains, reflect how particular personality traits reveal themselves as a person responds to differing situations.

From Scientific American • Apr. 5, 2023

Momentary glimpses of the Chrysler Building or the New York Public Library work almost as an establishing shot: This is New York City, baby.

From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2022

It then goes to the Momentary, a satellite space of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark., in early October before arriving in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2021

Momentary, temporary discomfort is little to pay when it comes to your child’s future.

From Slate • Oct. 8, 2020

Momentary glimmers of consciousness came back to him, but accompanied by such insufferable torture, that his very brain seemed to stagger under the shock.

From A Gamble with Life by Hocking, Silas K. (Silas Kitto)




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