short-run
adjective
happening or presented for a short period of time.
short-run
American
[shawrt-ruhn]
/ ˈʃɔrtˌrʌn /
adjective
short run
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Origin of short-run
First recorded in 1935–40
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“Oil is the clearest example because short-run demand is relatively inelastic: transportation still needs gasoline and diesel, airlines still need jet fuel, and petrochemical plans still need feedstock,” she said in a note Thursday.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 24, 2026
But those short-run effects offer little guidance about long-run impacts on behavior, education or earnings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
“Food prices rise 3.3% in the short-run and stay 2.8% higher in the long-run.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2025
"It will take some time to take effect since most goods being sold in the short-run have already been commissioned at current prices, but we'll see it play out soon."
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2025
Lesotho has a marked inequality in income distribution and serious unemployment/underemployment problems that will not yield to short-run solutions.
From The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
He at least had a valid excuse for his short run: President Franklin D. Roosevelt died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
A short run last year in New Jersey sold out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
This can be tactically useful in the short run to keep long-term yields from spiking.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
University of Utah finance professor Michael Cooper and his colleagues have just posted an update that finds an abnormal boost of up to 90 percentage points in the short run.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
But in the short run, what she ate for breakfast wasn’t going to be the deciding factor.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
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