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• n  one who stays for only a short time
  transient laborers
• n  (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
• a  of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind
• s  lasting a very short time
  youth's transient beauty

• For the young, exposure to city air and transient changes in blood pressure isn't dangerous but to the old it could well be fatal.
• The place has a vaguely familiar feel to it, this air of transient shabbiness and nondescriptitude.
• Rove has not given up on his dream of a durable Republican majority, calling last week's loss a "transient, passing thing.

• transeunt
• ephemeral
• passing
• short-lived
• transitory
• fugacious

• immanent

News & Articles

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• Transient breaks into girlfriend's home, assaults her, gets stabbed, authorities say
  A 43-year-old transient was arrested in Oceano on Wednesday after he allegedly broke into his girlfriend's home and assaulted her — and was stabbed in the process.
  June 12, 2013 - The San Luis Obispo Tribune
• Community Action Team Launches in San Luis Obispo To Focus on Transient Crime
  Over the past year San Luis Obispo Police found 1/3 of all service calls during the day are transient related crimes and most of the time are repeat offenders. To help fix the problem, the San Luis Obispo Police Department established a full-time two-officer Community Action Team that extends beyond standard enforcement efforts.
  June 12, 2013 - FOX 11 Santa Maria
• SLOPD Forms Community Action Team To Address Transient Crime
  During the past year the San Luis Obispo Police Department found that nearly one third of the Departments calls for service during the daytime hours were for transient related crimes, often repeat offenders.
  June 12, 2013 - KVEC 920 San Luis Obispo

Quotes

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• Thomas Jefferson in The Atlantic (blog)
  Jefferson writes, "Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable,...
• Kevin McHale in SI.com
  It's a transient business by nature,McHale said. "You get kind of used to it, I guess."
• Manmohan Singh in Hindu
  Sops and subsidies will work in currency appreciation is a transient phenomenon. However, in the long run, the industry must adjust itself to the new dynamic,Singh said at the conclusion of Textile Summit here.