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Enhancers, which are thought to turn genes on by coming into physical contact with gene promoter regions through transiently forming a complex, were discovered about 45 years ago.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2024

Some people, though, experience loneliness not just transiently but chronically.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024

When a human is bitten by an infected mosquito, the virus multiplies in the skin and lymph nodes and travels transiently through the blood.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 21, 2023

This is important, because rainfall and sewage overflow events transiently increase the number of bacteria in water and may not be picked up during routine monitoring.

From Salon • Jul. 19, 2023

Of these he sometimes wore one, sometimes another; and disguised himself so often, that not merely such as saw him only transiently, but even his intimate acquaintance, could scarce know him.

From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Rollin, Charles