transitory
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But in the long term, Islamabad’s gains may prove transitory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
In addition, nearly a third of Locke students are transitory or “non-stable,” completing less than the full year at the school, but still take the state tests if they are in school at testing time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
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
Because we human beings are transitory, our lives as ephemeral as dreams, the tlamatinime suggested that immutable truth is by its nature beyond human experience.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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