short-term success
collocation in Englishmeaningsofshort-termandsuccess
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short-term
adjective
uk/ˌʃɔːtˈtɜːm/us/ˈʃɔːrt.tɝːm/
lasting a ...
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success
noun
uk/səkˈses/us/səkˈses/
the achieving of the results wanted or ...
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(Definition ofshort-termandsuccessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Authentic artists are seen as talented, creative, and not overly concerned withshort-termsuccess, obtained by any means and at any cost.
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The straightforward interpretation of this result is, consistent with predictions, that voters punish governments attempting to cash in onshort-termsuccess.
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Resuscitation frequently brings onlyshort-termsuccessand many patients suffer severe consequences, resulting in an economic, medical, and ethical burden to society.
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Oxygen free radicals are powerful metabolic products formed as a consequence of aerobic life to which all respiring organisms have adapted to with relativeshort-termsuccess.
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The three national political parties have been panicked into this situation by theshort-termsuccessof the nationalist parties.
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It could be shown that the criteria should involve not merelyshort-termsuccess, but the long-term health of an industry.
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I mean by that easy measures of apparent,short-termsuccesswhich hide long-term failures.
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We had someshort-termsuccessin shaming the rail companies into doing something about it.
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I said a few moments ago that they were having someshort-termsuccess.
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He decided not to sabotage it but to wait on the sidelines, knowing full well that politically he will benefit from all the frustrations if there is noshort-termsuccess.
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The truth is that the more one asks about the financial viability of those substitute crops, the less firm evidence one gets of any sustained as opposed toshort-termsuccess.
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Theshort-termsuccessof the coup, however, was heavily outweighed...
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Although diet, exercise, behavior therapy and anti-obesity drugs are first-line treatment, medical therapy for severe obesity has limitedshort-termsuccessand very poor long-term success.
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Military overlordship could bring greatshort-termsuccessand wealth, but the system had its disadvantages.
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