Some analysts, however, said the Russia factor could prove to be much more than a short-term phenomenon in the markets.

"You see us as no more than a short-term phenomenon, then?"

In the eyes of the Ardardin and his race we are a mere short-term phenomenon.

The point I am trying to make all the time is that erosion and deposition have frequently in the past been very short-term phenomena.

And the Governor dismissed any notion that the surplus is a short-term phenomenon.

People somehow believe this selloff in technology is a short-term phenomenon.

Explain why a shortage of resources in an organization is a short-term phenomenon.

"The jump in April was a short-term phenomenon," he said.

Some analysts called the run-up a short-term phenomenon, while others said rates could move still higher.

Unfortunately, these price rises are not a short-term phenomenon, but seem to be developing into a long-term trend.