transient
Example Sentences
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Chief Executive Officer Anthony Capuano said solid leisure transient and cross-border travel supported international trends, while U.S. and Canada travel trends were hurt by the extended U.S. government shutdown.
Moira was my touchstone as I struggled with the reality of an unusually transient life, having lived in 29 homes by the age of 46.
From Los Angeles Times
Constable’s oil sketches, most unintended for public consumption, could be just as large and daring, and were prized for their extraordinarily loose paint-handling, transient atmospheric effects and true-to-nature palettes, the fruit of his plein-air practice.
“Artists have since given me works, which has been very touching, but the situation has changed my attachment to things, now that I see how transient they can be.”
From Los Angeles Times
Phillip Nova adds that the move reflects not just transient fear, but a deeper repositioning of global asset allocation, they add.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
