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The available information is mixed, suggesting that these programs can provide students with a small but fleeting boost in earnings.

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Mr. Hellbeck makes only fleeting reference to this dimension of the story.

Whatever the situation, equipment must be deployable quickly against fleeting incursions and cost no more than its target.

As the priest remarks, “A human life is as frail and fleeting as the morning dew.”

And yet, amid despair, Sudan's children cling to fleeting moments of joy.

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

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