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transitory

[tran-si-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, -zi-] / ˈtræn sɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, -zɪ- /




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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

Fed officials were hoping inflation would be transitory over the past few years, Tipp said.

From MarketWatch Jun. 8, 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

Siddhartha was transitory, all forms were transitory, but today he was young, he was a child—the new Siddhartha—and he was very happy.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse




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