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Recent Examples of momentarily The tariff placed on Mexican goods in March momentarily prompted a sharp slowdown in crossings. Danielle Kaye, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025 Until Henry momentarily excuses himself from the table, that is, and the person or persons behind these winky-wink messages tell her to poison Henry ASAP or the menacing guy currently hiding in her apartment will kill her boy. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2025 Is there anyone who flies regularly who hasn’t momentarily panicked over misplacing their ticket or driver’s license? Andrew Wimer, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025 And when Jake is distracted and momentarily taken aback after getting a fleeting glance of his nephew, Banner fires two bullets into Clyde before Clyde can kill Jake. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 6 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for momentarily
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Adverb
  • The fast food giants also plans to drive traffic by bringing back its once-popular Snack Wrap, which started disappearing from stores in 2016, shortly before pandemic lockdowns began.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
  • The incident occurred shortly before the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily halted the deportation of Venezuelan men from Texas under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Adverb
  • The Face on the News The first the world at large saw of Leake came soon after his arrest in June 2023, when Russian media released a video filmed at a detention center in Moscow.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2025
  • That is a lot, especially for a long-weekend, but there have been several recent additions of note—with more coming soon.
    Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025

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“Momentarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/momentarily. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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