transitory
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On the third hand, there’s the $111 billion and yet highly transitory elephant that has vacated the sofa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Statewide, 11.6% of high school students are transitory.
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
For all their seeming permanence, mountains are exceedingly transitory features.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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Tier 2 Words for the SBAC ELA Items
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Power Prefix: trans-
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