transitory
IPA: trˈænzʌtɔri
adjective
- Lasting only a short time; temporary.
- (law) Of an action: that may be brought in any county
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Examples of "transitory" in Sentences
- Don't panic under short-term transitory developments.
- CIA detains individuals on "a short-term transitory basis".
- I'll give you five bucks if he actually uses the word transitory today.
- CIA retains the authority to detain individuals on a short-term transitory basis.
- The count of people in "transitory places" is underway in RV parks, campgrounds and marinas.
- Oh, he's grown Cautiously rich, and will venture none of his substantiall stock in transitory Traffick.
- Last month, Census workers counted people in "transitory places," from RV parks and marinas to circuses and campgrounds.
- He says that CIA officers will continue to conduct interrogations, and that the agency retains the authority to hold detainees "on a short-term transitory basis."
- In its review of Obama's first 100 days, Amnesty International singled out "the possibility of the CIA abducting and detaining people in 'short-term transitory' facilities" as an unacceptable loophole.
- This came from an otherwise laudable announcement a month ago by the CIA's new director, Leon Panetta, in which Panetta stated, "CIA no longer operates detention facilities or black sites and has proposed a plan to decommission the remaining sites," but added that the agency "retains the authority to detain individuals on a short-term transitory basis."
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