Sentence examples for temporary gains from inspiring English sources

When Polk finally advanced at mid-morning, he made only temporary gains against the stubborn Union defenders.

In March 1972, the North Vietnamese carried out the Easter offensive on three fronts, expanding their holdings in Cambodia and Laos and bringing temporary gains in South Vietnam.

And while those strategies led to temporary gains, which increased the CEOs' compensation, they hurt the companies in the long run.

Making it the prime objective, however, creates the temptation to trade long-term gains in operations-driven value away for temporary gains in expectations-driven value.

Any temporary gains in economic power are likely to be outweighed by rapid erosion of our soft power, a continued decline in our social coherence, and challenges to our network centrality.

Even as the African renaissance appears on course, we must recognize that some of this progress is driven by the same forces of commodity demand that led to temporary gains four decades ago.

But that temporary gain was far outweighed by the overall cost in strokes.

Those that emerge in response to carrots as opportunistic carpet-bagging aimed at capturing a temporary gain.

The nature of Clinton's gains, combined with Trump's further stumbles in the past few weeks, could mean that her post-convention rise in the polls marks a meaningful shift rather than a temporary gain.

In some cases, higher spending can raise GDP for a short period of time if tax increases are delayed, but the greater the delay, the greater the long-run decline in employment and output that ultimately swamps the temporary gain.

If the trade goes against you (the futures price falls from $70 to $69), the fellow on the other end of the trade collects the difference out of your collateral; if it goes in your favor, you pick up additional cash and can earn interest on that temporary gain.