How to Use short-term in a Sentence

short-term

adjective
  • This is not a short-term trade.
    — Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • So what is a short-term rental?
    — Terri Daxon, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Make short-term tweaks, not long-term plans.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
  • So what does that look like in the short-term?
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 25 June 2026
  • This is a long term more than a short-term play.
    — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Long-term growth does not come from short-term moves.
    — Editorial, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
  • So, this doesn't sound like this is a short-term project.
    — CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • This does seem to be a short-term issue.
    — Steve Inskeep, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
  • These effects are not just short-term.
    — Annie Margaret, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
  • These effects are not just short-term.
    — Annie Margaret, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
  • That could cause short-term rates to increase.
    — John Melloy, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
  • But the short-term could well have had a downside.
    — Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
  • Most notably, this wasn’t a short-term dip.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • But that short-term mindset can work against you.
    — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
  • They can't be used as short-term rentals (so, no Airbnbs).
    — Lee Cowan, CBS News, 17 May 2026
  • In many ways, this is the point of this short-term roster build.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Both the house and garage apartment would be for short-term rentals.
    — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The Kratky method works best for short-term crops like leafy greens and herbs.
    — The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
  • In other words, as short-term yields go down, these stocks tend to go up.
    — Yun Li,nick Wells, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
  • This is not going to be a short-term effort.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Guests can opt for short-term stays, like a single night or up to a month.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Chasing short-term moves is a crowded game.
    — Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Many of these injuries could be short-term setbacks.
    — Chad Jennings, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This is a broken short-term setup.
    — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026
  • But short-term fixes alone won’t solve this crisis.
    — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
  • But the long-term benefit is worth the short-term cost.
    — Christian B. Miller, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
  • Efforts to pass a short-term funding bill failed last week.
    — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
  • For the Yanks, of course, this is a very short-term snapshot.
    — Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 5 June 2025
  • This fast midpoint line tracks short-term price movement.
    — Karl Montevirgen, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Peterson would be more of a long-term fit than a short-term one.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 15 Mar. 2026

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