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- noun Plural form of
blip . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
blip .
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Examples
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Following a wide range of credible news will help you sort fact from fiction and short-term blips from long-term trends.
Stacie Nevadomski Berdan: Looking for a Job? Think Globally. Stacie Nevadomski Berdan 2011
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An honest answer to these will eventually decide where you go in your career - to the top of the pile in the long term (at the cost of short-term blips) or to become another average employee who gets lost with time in the wilderness?
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The managers say the declines are just short-term blips for an otherwise intact thesis.
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Short-term blips aside, the DC housing market will tank in the long run just as soon as commuting becomes quicker and federal jobs become scarcer.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Flashback: Housing Bubble is Really a Credit Bubble: 2007
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So don't worry about the short-term blips in the market that is going to happen always.
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So don't worry about the short-term blips in the market that is going to happen always.
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They've managed companies into short-term blips in their portfolios.
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For Mr. Trent, and other Bombardier bulls, the drivers are these: The C Series, despite short-term blips, is winning favourable reviews and should be a long-term success.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed DAVID MILSTEAD 2011
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There may be some short-term blips, but for defeating "the scourge of terrorism in the Islamic world, the 'Arab revolt' is the best possible news," .
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Pundits and politicians get excited about short-term blips in unemployment figures.
Crooks and Liars Richard RJ Eskow 2012
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Pressed the hand to the panel and received, like magic, the string of blips, the gasp, the open door. From "The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan.
April 1, 2012