the short run

noun

: a short period of time at the beginning of something

One plan had advantages over the short run.

—usually used in the phrase in the short run

It won't make any difference in the short run.

These changes may improve profits in the short run, but they are going to cost us money in the long run.

Examples of the short run in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And, if you're still bothered by the short run time, take solace in the fact that this forms a tetraptych with The Rat Catcher, The Swan, and Poison; 15-minute shorts with same cast, directed by Anderson, and all adapting other Dahl tales in his signature style. —Matt Kamen, WIRED, 6 July 2024

The film, which hits streaming this week, chronicles the short run of the Memphis Country Blues Society Festival, which took place every summer from 1966 through 1969. —Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 9 July 2024

Introduction During traumatic periods and their aftermath, our brains can fall into habitual ways of thinking that may be helpful in the short run but become maladaptive years later. —Quanta Magazine, 6 June 2024

Doing without paid sick leave in meat-packing plants increased profits in the short run, which also increased GDP. —Joseph E. Stiglitz, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020