more transient
Example Sentences
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The researchers wanted to know whether hepatocytes are long-lived, like neurons or the heart’s muscle cells, or whether they’re more transient.
From Washington Post • Jun. 6, 2022
Your cells have elaborate machinery to fix mistakes in DNA, which must last a long time to be inherited, whereas RNA is effervescent and plays a more transient role in cellular life.
From Scientific American • Feb. 17, 2022
Outside the house, exposure might be more transient, or depending on where you live or what you’re doing, you might be masked up.
From Slate • Nov. 13, 2021
Unlike most states, Hawaii’s correctional system houses both sentenced prisoners and people awaiting trial, a more transient population with lower vaccination levels.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2021
The dominant ruler of a lifetime will not abdicate very readily, and though distress and sorrow are powerful opponents, they are more transient, more easily cast aside than Pride.
From Petticoat Rule by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
