as in shortly
at or within a short time
we'll be finished momentarily
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But the Emmys consistently bypassed Scrubs, more infatuated with the glamour of Sex and the City and reliability of Everybody Loves Raymond until Garden State turned Zach Braff, however momentarily, into a movie star.
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 16 May 2026
On June 9-11, Earth’s sister planet will appear to tangle with Jupiter in the night sky — again, just after sunset — as the two planets’ orbital paths momentarily align as seen from Earth.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Police said that the boy's mother momentarily went into another room of the apartment and left him in the living room.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
Kolonaki Square is its epicenter, but the construction of the new metro stop there has momentarily killed its charm.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 May 2026
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 16 May 2026
On June 9-11, Earth’s sister planet will appear to tangle with Jupiter in the night sky — again, just after sunset — as the two planets’ orbital paths momentarily align as seen from Earth.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Police said that the boy's mother momentarily went into another room of the apartment and left him in the living room.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
Kolonaki Square is its epicenter, but the construction of the new metro stop there has momentarily killed its charm.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 May 2026
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In a press conference shortly after, Chief Scott Wahl of the San Diego police confirmed the number of casualties at five, which included two suspects as well as three people inside the center.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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Amid her rise to fame, Cooper struck up her connection with Kaplan in 2020 on a business Zoom call and began dating shortly after, according to W magazine.—
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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Police parked anti-riot vehicles in a central Belgrade area to block the demonstrators from returning, and the violence soon ended.—
Jovana Gec,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2026
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The dog couldn’t go in her room so soon after her transplant, so Aspen dabbed colors on a small canvas and handed it to Scott, who put it in a plastic bag and smeared peanut butter on top.—
Laura Ungar,
Fortune,
23 May 2026
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“Momentarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/momentarily. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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