Go by
Passing
Passing adjective - Lasting only for a short time.
Both terms in one sentence
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In Sluggy Freelance we often signify the passing holidays, so actual years go by, but are the characters of the strip really a decade older?
Source: Webcomic Time - The computer, on the other hand... Irony: Ghosts of the battlefield has three bandits who rob people passing by under the guise of being ghosts (or demons if you go by their names).
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A different book references a "Hepzibah Whitlow" in passing, who may be related, and, if the actual wizard rules on marriage (frowned upon, but never actually forbidden, as such) are anything to go by, may even be the man we're looking for.
Source: The Talk
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