short-term effect
collocation in Englishmeaningsofshort-termandeffect
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short-term
adjective
uk/ˌʃɔːtˈtɜːm/us/ˈʃɔːrt.tɝːm/
lasting a ...
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effect
noun
uk/ɪˈfekt/us/əˈfekt/
the result of a ...
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First, the brevity of the trial restricts our understanding to theshort-termeffectof liquid fluoxetine in autism.
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Leadership is considered ashort-termeffectin the funnel of voting causality, whereas party identification is a long-term effect.
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That there is ashort-termeffectmay reflect either a temporary generalization effect or a rational response, or both.
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Which functional processes control theshort-termeffectof grazing on net primary production in grasslands?
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Since fire tends to reduce vegetation density, theshort-termeffectof fire on radial growth may be offset by the positive effects resulting from the opening of the vegetation.
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To do so would cause increased overheads which would have a badshort-termeffecton that industry.
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Acute intoxication, which occurs after heavy drinking, has ashort-termeffectthat can depress the central nervous system and lead to coma or even death.
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Theshort-termeffectof the provision is to prevent branded products—such as cigarette lighters—being given away, thus stopping the advertising of tobacco brands.
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In part of course these policies are reflected in theshort-termeffecton mortgage repayments of the earlier rise in interest rates.
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Back in the 1980s and early 1990s, demutualisation procedures had a devastatingshort-termeffecton some sections of the mutual movement.
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These would have a usefulshort-termeffect, but it would be only marginal.
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We need a better understanding of theshort-termeffecton people.
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We have theshort-termeffectand then, presumably, we have, still in the shade, in the background, the longterm aspect.
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But this will have mainly ashort-termeffect.
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It was inevitable that the introduction of the new arrangements would have ashort-termeffecton numbers arriving.
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There may be someshort-termeffecton numbers employed, for example through reduced recruitment.
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I think that this is a case in which long-term policy produces an unfortunateshort-termeffect.
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That is even more worrying than theshort-termeffect.
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