transitory
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“For now, the trend is clearly negative, but it should be transitory, assuming the Iran conflict is resolved in weeks and not months,” said Louis Navellier of Navellier Calculated Investing.
From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026
Geopolitical uncertainty and oil-driven rises in inflation could be viewed as more transitory by the Federal Reserve, Kourkafas said.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026
He adds that the down market is probably transitory, saying that Coinbase has been repurchasing shares and buying more bitcoins while prices are low.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
“I knew that this was going to be transitory type of situation, that it was going to change quickly,” says De la Peña, co-director on the film with Rory Mitchell.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026
For all their seeming permanence, mountains are exceedingly transitory features.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing transitory
Tier 2 Words for the SBAC ELA Items
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The Great Gatsby
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Power Prefix: trans-
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