more transient
Example Sentences
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The researchers wanted to know whether hepatocytes are long-lived, like neurons or the heart’s muscle cells, or whether they’re more transient.
From Washington Post • Jun. 6, 2022
Your cells have elaborate machinery to fix mistakes in DNA, which must last a long time to be inherited, whereas RNA is effervescent and plays a more transient role in cellular life.
From Scientific American • Feb. 17, 2022
Outside the house, exposure might be more transient, or depending on where you live or what you’re doing, you might be masked up.
From Slate • Nov. 13, 2021
Under the best of circumstances, renters are among the hardest people to count because they tend to be more transient and are more likely to live below the poverty line.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2021
For whose remorses could be deeper, or more frequent, yet more transient than thine!
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 9 by Richardson, Samuel
