Synonyms for short term
short term

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1. short termnoun

   The near future; a comparatively brief time period starting with the present moment (or other time of reference); the time in which immediate needs and goals are relevant.

   Synonyms:
   near term

   Antonyms:
   long term

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1. An ICE spokesperson:

   Custody is intended to be short term, generally less than 72 hours, to allow for immigration enforcement processing and establishing appropriate terms and conditions of release while their immigration proceedings continue.All families will be tested for COVID-19 and receive a health assessment.

2. Tom Stoppard:

   I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon.

3. Vaclav Havel:

   We are the first atheistic and global, all-embracing civilization. You cannot tell whether you are sitting at an airport in Hong Kong or in a hotel in Alaska. Everything is instrumentalized, subjected to a short-term purpose. It is quite possible that in such a situation any sense of a deeper meaning gets lost.”

4. Mother Teresa:

   Please choose the way of peace…In the short term there may be winners and losers in this war that we all dread. But that never can, nor never will justify the suffering, pain and loss of life your weapons will cause.

5. Jeanine Hennis-Plasscheart:

   There is no such thing as 'the short-term national interest' anymore, the only thing that matters is a confidence and credible security strategy.