transitory

America wasn’t in the throes of unsustainably high consumer demand, but a temporary — call it “transitory” — spike.

“Clarkston” hints that some of our most instructive relationships may be the most transitory.

Powell acknowledged on Friday that the Fed initially misjudged the inflation spike in spring 2021, thinking that the pandemic-related surge in prices would be “transitory” and one that the Fed could look past.

According to Frank, Hitler came at a “terrible, transitory” moment, when the Kaiser was gone but the democratic structures were not yet secure.

“It’s going to be a dangerous outcome if people continue to get so caught up in daily and transitory events without a true vision of where we’ve been and where we’re going.”