as in shortly
at or within a short time
we'll be finished momentarily
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Still, while industries and technologies change around hip-hop — and even when the genre momentarily slips from atop the pop charts — the culture continues to evolve rather than expire.
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John Kennedy, VIBE.com, 9 June 2026
The throwback elements of Rush’s show – the zigzagging colored lasers, the bursts of pyro that momentarily stunned with their booms, the gratification of watching musicians so focused on their music that running around the stage was not an option – reminded of a simpler era of concert-going.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 June 2026
Sky-gazers in parts of Greenland, Iceland, northern Spain and northeastern Portugal will glimpse totality, when the skies go momentarily dark as the sun completely disappears.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 6 June 2026
Some of these flourishes are jarringly funny, others merely stop the film momentarily in its tracks.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 June 2026
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John Kennedy, VIBE.com, 9 June 2026
The throwback elements of Rush’s show – the zigzagging colored lasers, the bursts of pyro that momentarily stunned with their booms, the gratification of watching musicians so focused on their music that running around the stage was not an option – reminded of a simpler era of concert-going.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 June 2026
Sky-gazers in parts of Greenland, Iceland, northern Spain and northeastern Portugal will glimpse totality, when the skies go momentarily dark as the sun completely disappears.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 6 June 2026
Some of these flourishes are jarringly funny, others merely stop the film momentarily in its tracks.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 June 2026
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Adverb
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On June 21, 2019, a Beechcraft King Air with 10 skydivers on board crashed shortly after takeoff from Dillingham Airfield near Waialua, Hawaii.—
Ben Wheeler,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2026
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Ongoing construction worsened the situation, but shortly after the interchange, traffic eased.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
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Trump might soon gain another ideological bedfellow in Peru with the election of Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of late autocrat Alberto Fujimori.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
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Casting and ticket info will be announced soon.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
20 June 2026
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“Momentarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/momentarily. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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