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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- Business Word List (part 1)Authoritative
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