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adjective

short-term

CEFR B2

relating to or extending over a limited period

In a sentence

Six example sentences with short-term, each labelled with its topic.

  • Short-term borrowing covered payroll for two months while the invoice from the biggest client cleared the bank.

    Finance

  • The clinic runs a short-term rehabilitation ward where most patients stay eleven days and then continue exercises at home.

    Medicine

  • Short-term memory holds about seven items, which is why phone numbers were once written in two small groups.

    Psychology

  • Short-term contracts now cover a quarter of the hospitality workforce, so a slow winter shows up in wages within weeks.

    Economics

  • The city capped short-term rentals at ninety nights a year after locals could no longer find apartments to lease.

    Travel

  • He signed a short-term deal for ten days, hoping to play well enough to earn a contract for the season.

    Basketball

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