short-term
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Oil prices turned sharply lower on Tuesday as a Qatari official and the U.S. treasury secretary talked about a potential short-term deal between the U.S. and Iran that would possibly reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari told reporters that the focus of Qatari, Pakistani and Omani officials was on "a short-term resolution that would help us reignite the talks" between Washington and Tehran.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Google itself describes its deal as short-term "backup capacity."
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Currency interventions by governments often have greater impacts over the short-term than the long-term, as economic fundamentals reassert themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Does it take into account the higher percentage of women working toward a short-term goal?
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
