How to Use the short run in a Sentence

the short run

noun
  • In the short run, that can put a pinch on job growth.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • But in the short run, there’s not much to do but pay the price.
    — Tibor Besedeš, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
  • After the deal, not likely in the short run.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 31 May 2026
  • That will be great for corporate bottom lines, at least in the short run.
    — Peter Green, Quartz, 4 Nov. 2024
  • There are lots of things weightlessness disturbs, even in the short run.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • And each one preserves the commission status quo, at least in the short run.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Because of the short run of each pastry, there’s a bit of randomness — and risk.
    — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
  • In the short run, the power struggle could involve armed conflict.
    — Pedro A. Rojas Arroyo, Boston Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Consumers in the short run will not have the same amount of choice as stores close, said Prendergast.
    — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
  • His actions may work in the short run but pose risks to our nation’s security in the long term.
    — Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2025
  • And to your point, yes, is there going to be a tradeoff in the short run, that's all else equal regrettable?
    — Abc News, ABC News, 30 June 2023
  • Whether in the short run or long haul, how alcohol affects the brain depends on many factors.
    — Kelly Santana Banks, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2023
  • In that sense, the operations appeared to succeed, at least in the short run.
    — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The levels detected are known in the short run to cause headache, nausea, dizziness and cough.
    — Tom Csanidi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2025
  • So that's going to actually keep prices supported that much more in the short run.
    — Ryan Baker, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2025
  • This is definitely going to make a huge difference in the short run.
    — Ella Nilsen, CNN, 10 Apr. 2023
  • In the short run there may be an inflation-unemployment tradeoff, but over time there is none.
    — Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Doing the right thing doesn't always pay off in the short run, but your country will ultimately get this right.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 1 Dec. 2025
  • In practice, people’s habits tend to be stable, and part of the spending response would be less savings in the short run.
    — Bill Conerly, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Conventional wisdom holds that the arrest will help Trump, which polling bears out, at least in the short run.
    — Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Because the deposits come due sooner than the loans, no bank could repay all its depositors in the short run.
    — William M. Isaac, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2023
  • In the short run, prices can vary enormously but in the long run, the fundamentals of supply and demand win out.
    — Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • What looks like efficiency in the short run often becomes waste later if these controls are skipped.
    — Arnold Sotelo, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • But especially in 2026 in the short run, there's a mismatch there.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • In the short run, there is only one answer for the West and its allies – give Ukraine more weapons and money.
    — Fareed Zakaria, CNN, 24 Feb. 2023
  • In the short run, a modicum of relief may be headed California's way.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
  • In sum, more open trade in the short run and more innovation in the long run are needed to reduce the costs of the green transition.
    — Edoardo Campanella, Foreign Affairs, 25 July 2024
  • Together, such concerns have led some analysts to step away from the stock altogether in the short run.
    — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Weather is about atmospheric conditions over the short run and at a specific time and place.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Higher gas prices will likely worsen inflation in the short run, but over time weaker spending will also slow growth.
    — Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026

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