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adv. (context idiomatic English) Lasting only a short time, shortsightedly
Usage examples of "in the short run".
He also taught me that the pace of revolutionary change is usually overestimated in the short run and the magnitude of such change is usually underestimated in the long run.
Importing mercenaries and their specialist equipment from off-planet is devastatingly expensive, but at least in the short run it costs less than losing.
Willie Ray might have to ask the farmers to do things that weren't that profitable in the short run.
The dominant effect in the short run, scientists say, was cooling, mainly from the massive dust clouds thrown into the air.
For example, if you love a child based on his or her behavior, you may manipulate that behavior in the short run.
You may get your way in the short run, particularly when children are little.