How to Use the short term in a Sentence

the short term

noun
  • But even in the short term, the effect of the game could be felt.
    Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 7 Aug. 2023
  • At least in the short term, BYU had to go all in on the portal for 2023.
    Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 July 2023
  • In the short term, Licht will continue to take heat for the Trump town hall.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 25 July 2023
  • And those losses are going to rise, at least in the short term.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 27 July 2023
  • That’s been cited as a drag on results in the short term.
    Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 25 July 2023
  • In the short term, not much is happening to these jobs.
    Cara Korte, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2023
  • There are minor chances of showers in the short term, as well.
    A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2023
  • In the short term at least, Porter Jr. also gets a pay bump from his two-way deal.
    Chris Manning, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • In the short term, Musk can ill-afford sales in a key market to dry up.
    Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune Europe, 24 Nov. 2023
  • And yet, at least in the short term, none of this seemed to be making anyone feel safer.
    Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2024
  • The blue and gold are slightly worse in the short term as a result of the transaction.
    Tony East, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • But in the short term, the network may be in for a rocky ride from a ratings standpoint.
    Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The most likely benefit in the short term will be speed.
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 14 Sep. 2023
  • In the short term, the college senior has a championship to win.
    Lizzy Briskin, SELF, 29 Mar. 2024
  • But, in early 2023, Biden publicly ruled out doing so, at least in the short term.
    Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • For now, in the short term, the ocean has been particularly hot.
    Delger Erdenesanaa, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Research has found that people on the keto diet lose weight in the short term.
    Brierley Horton, Ms, Health, 8 Apr. 2024
  • These new models, which won’t go on sale until at least the first half of 2026, won’t do anything to change that in the short term.
    Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024
  • So much that Voodoo Brewing franchises are sold out for the short term.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 2 May 2024
  • So much that Voodoo Brewing franchises are sold out for the short term.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Gauging what might happen in the short term isn’t easy either.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The problem is the short term, when the financial squeeze to repay loans is perhaps the greatest.
    Robert Gavin, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
  • That is likely to mean that both companies spend big, and lose even more money in the short term.
    Tracy Wen Liu, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Reuse is not on the company's road map in the short term to support a higher flight rate.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Nothing officials try seems to have much effect — at least in the short term.
    Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2023
  • But Musk has perhaps made those fences impossible to mend, in the short term.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Home prices may not budge in the short term, according to economists.
    Bryan Mena, CNN, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The truth is, though, that anything that counts as a solution for you is likely to be a problem for him, at least in the short term.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The intent shouldn’t be simply to boost birth rates in the short term but to create a pro-family culture for the long term.
    Matt Lamb, Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2024
  • In the short term, the feminization of green sea turtles may help the species’ numbers rebound.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2023

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