transient

Promoters scraped out regional fiefdoms where transient performers would fight for a spell before jumping ship in search of better deals.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Gareth Richards from UK Seal Alliance says "seals are very transient, and will basically go to where there is good fish stocks".

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

A 2012 randomized controlled trial sponsored by the federal government found that children assigned to Head Start showed transient improvements in language and literacy during preschool.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Decisionmakers—including the Supreme Court and even transient majorities—can get things wrong, until we set them right, or at least make them more perfect.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

Some residents can trace their families back generations; others are transient, moving every time they get a new job.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

"The newly discovered soft X-ray component provides a new probe, indicating that the fast X-ray transients are also electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational-wave sources and may originate from compact object mergers," said Professor Troja.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

While he’s trying to rebuild, he’s had to fend off transients who trespass onto his property on a regular basis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

Meanwhile, he said the abandoned lot next door remains unsecured and swamped with trash from transients who frequent the site.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

"Now our findings show the West Coast transients are two distinct groups, split along an east-west divide. They eat different things, hunt in different areas and very rarely spend time with each other."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2025

Time was unorganized except for the communal work, field labor, gardening, woodcutting, maintenance, for which transients such as myself were called on by whatever group most needed a hand.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin