The phrase "temporary blip" means a small, temporary problem or setback that is not expected to have a lasting impact.
Sentences with «temporary blip»
However, one sees plenty of other temporary blips in the historical record, the Great Depression of the 1930s being most visible. (science.sciencemag.org)
But in an opinion piece for the Courier Mail, Dr Rachael Sharman from the University of the Sunshine Coast worried that mental health might be becoming a fad, or something to be celebrated, in adolescents; writing that the programming by the ABC seemed to paint a picture of mental illness as a normal, temporary blip on the radar of successful individuals. (croakey.org)
While warming might result in temporary cooling in some locations (northwest Europe, e.g.) due to shifts in ocean currents, such events would only be temporary blips in the long - term warming trend. (realclimate.org)