transitory
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"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
He reached back to the 1970s, when a series of shocks that officials dismissed as transitory allowed inflation expectations to drift.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
As inflation surged in 2021 and 2022, lower PCE readings created less urgency for the Fed to raise rates and counteract what it at the time referred to as transitory inflation.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
“No one wants to repeat the mistake of the 2021 transitory inflation call,” he noted, referring to the Fed’s decision to keep rates low even though inflation was rising.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 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
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Power Prefix: trans-
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