as in shortly
at or within a short time
we'll be finished momentarily
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Recent Examples of momentarily
Few studies have analyzed in detail how specific bird species respond to solar eclipses, which occur when the moon is aligned just so to momentarily mask the sun.
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Humberto Basilio, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2025
In 2021, the mood at Intel momentarily shifted for the better, several employees told Fortune.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
By no fault of her own, she’s caught between two momentarily competing, equally violent forces of the city.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
Sometimes a person will momentarily shift into intense anger.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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Humberto Basilio, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2025
In 2021, the mood at Intel momentarily shifted for the better, several employees told Fortune.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
By no fault of her own, she’s caught between two momentarily competing, equally violent forces of the city.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
Sometimes a person will momentarily shift into intense anger.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for momentarily
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The Antioch Police Department helped pioneer the effort in 2015, shortly before multiple scandals ripped through the agency amid claims of widespread civil rights abuses, violent arrest tactics and racist policing.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Vought's comments came shortly before a federal judge in California ‒ on the 15th day of the shutdown ‒ halted the administration’s layoffs for now in a case brought by two labor unions.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
15 Oct. 2025
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It will soon be connected to Oaxaca City next year for easy access.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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Revolutionary groups, often recruited from universities and the intelligentsia, were soon carrying out terrorist attacks in the cities.—
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Momentarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/momentarily. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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