transitory
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On top of that, he said, the evidence is "transitory" because of the weather.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Statewide, 11.6% of high school students are transitory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 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
Yet one of Ms. Lewin’s main arguments is that writing gets done in transitory and chaotic spaces, too: in cafes, at kitchen tables, on the train and amid a fair amount of clutter and detritus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 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
Vocabulary lists containing transitory
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The Great Gatsby
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Power Prefix: trans-
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