transitory
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The Fed’s confidence that the surge would be transitory was widely shared by economists at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 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
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
Today’s game is far too transitory and transactional, its highlights less iconic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
At first, as a student, I wanted freedom only for myself, the transitory freedoms of being able to stay out at night, read what I pleased, and go where I chose.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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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