over the short term

for a brief period of time only Profits will rise over the short term, but over the long term, no one really can predict.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Julie	['dʒu:li]
Betty	['beti]
Rino	-	Italian
Herberto	er-BER-to (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Aristotelis	-	Greek
Milagros	mee-LAH-gros	Spanish