short-run

[ shawrt-ruhn ]

/ ˈʃɔrtˌrʌn /

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adjective

happening or presented for a short period of time: a short-run motion picture.

Origin of short-run

First recorded in 1935–40

Words nearby short-run

short palmar muscle, short radial extensor muscle of wrist, short-range, short rate, short ribs, short-run, shorts, short sale, short seller, short selling, short-sheet

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Example sentences from the Web for short-run

John Galliano will teach a short-run course in fashion design theory at Parsons, The New School for Design in New York.
John Galliano To Teach Master Class at Parsons|Misty White Sidell|April 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
By a wide margin, attacking unemployment is a far more urgent task than short-run deficit reduction.
How the Feds Can Foster Job Growth|Robert H. Frank|August 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Worse, their ups and downs reflect only short-run events (China scolds...) and not what we need, i.e., long-term perspective.
Stop the Madness!||August 8, 2011|DAILY BEAST
A functioning democracy has to understand that sometimes the short-run and long-run needs are different.
We Need a New Recovery Plan|Robert M. Solow|August 10, 2010|DAILY BEAST

And there is, therefore, no easy, short-run way to make them see that their plans cannot prevail.
State of the Union Addresses of Harry S. Truman|Harry S. Truman
The most important practical use to which the figures here given may be put are in connection with short-run problems.
The Value of Money|Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.
The contrast between long-run and short-run tendencies is not necessarily the same as that between statics and dynamics.
The Value of Money|Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.

Idioms and Phrases with short-run

short run

see under long run.