transient
/ˈtɹæn.ʃənt/ adjective B2- Passing or disappearing with time; transitory. · a transient pleasure
- Remaining for only a brief time. · a transient view of a landscape· a transient disease
- Decaying with time, especially exponentially.
- unsteady, [[nonsteady|non-]-steady-state]].
- having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.
- Occasional; isolated; one-off
- Passing through; passing from one person to another.
- Intermediate.
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Her daughter endeavoured to convince her of what she did not believe herself, that his attentions to Jane had been merely the effect of a common and transient liking, which ceased when he saw her no more; but though the probability of the statement was admitted at the time, she had the same story to repeat every day.
Was it a transient vision, or was he face to face with reality?
Eradicating urban foxes has proven to be an exercise in futility, as vacant territories are rapidly claimed by transient individuals.
The Thames undoubtedly still meanders with the same sluggish indifference, bearing silent witness to the transient aspirations of countless generations.
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