How to Use the short term in a Sentence
the short term
noun
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What does that mean for the two of them in the short term?
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Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
14 Mar. 2025
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But even in the short term, the effect of the game could be felt.
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Lia Assimakopoulos,
Dallas News,
7 Aug. 2023
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In the short term, the nightspots may see less traffic.
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The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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So, what does the future hold for these two in the short term?
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Alec Lewis,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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At least in the short term, BYU had to go all in on the portal for 2023.
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Kevin Reynolds,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
11 July 2023
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Don't think about just the short term, but think about long-range goals.
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Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
6 Dec. 2024
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So based on that, that’s where our focus is in the short term.
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Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
4 Dec. 2024
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None of this, in the short term, can get me out of the dilemmas posed right now by the new weight loss drugs.
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Johann Hari,
TIME,
9 May 2024
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In the short term, Licht will continue to take heat for the Trump town hall.
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Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
25 July 2023
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And those losses are going to rise, at least in the short term.
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Chris Isidore,
CNN,
27 July 2023
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That’s been cited as a drag on results in the short term.
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Bloomberg Wire,
Dallas News,
25 July 2023
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Salter or Lewis could sure use a Martin of their own, at least in the short term.
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Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
29 Dec. 2024
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In the short term, not much is happening to these jobs.
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Cara Korte,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2023
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In the short term, elections will be held to replace Raisi.
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NPR,
20 May 2024
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There are minor chances of showers in the short term, as well.
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A. Camden Walker,
Washington Post,
8 Oct. 2023
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In the short term at least, Porter Jr. also gets a pay bump from his two-way deal.
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Chris Manning,
Forbes,
13 Feb. 2024
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In the short term, Musk can ill-afford sales in a key market to dry up.
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Bychristiaan Hetzner,
Fortune Europe,
24 Nov. 2023
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And yet, at least in the short term, none of this seemed to be making anyone feel safer.
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Andrew Marantz,
The New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2024
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In the short term, invite friends from your old town to come visit.
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Harriette Cole,
The Mercury News,
1 Mar. 2025
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The blue and gold are slightly worse in the short term as a result of the transaction.
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Tony East,
Forbes,
29 Feb. 2024
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But in the short term, the network may be in for a rocky ride from a ratings standpoint.
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Stephen Battaglio,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2023
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The problems with this range from the short term to the existential.
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Emma Green,
The New Yorker,
23 Sep. 2024
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Getting people to scarf down the whole meal in one sitting worked — in the short term.
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Tony Maglio,
IndieWire,
26 July 2024
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Locking down the 30-year-old for the rest of his career does all kinds of crucial things for the Padres in the short term.
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Bryce Millercolumnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Feb. 2023
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The most likely benefit in the short term will be speed.
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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy,
The Verge,
14 Sep. 2023
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Joel Blomqvist is the most likely candidate in the short term.
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Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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With a good portion of the team just here for the short term, why invest in the solution?
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Phil Thompson,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Nov. 2024
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But in the short term, what sets a stock’s price is how much investors are willing to pay for it.
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Stan Choe,
The Christian Science Monitor,
4 June 2024
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In the short term, Karp may have done the right thing for his firm, if at enormous personal cost.
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Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2025
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In the short term, Arsenal would have had different financial muscle.
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Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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