Why do you see people write "in the near-term"?

Andrew Van WagnerMember

Regarding "in the near-term" (or "in the long-term" or whatever) I assume that everyone in this forum would recommend to not hyphenate. But I've seen instances in the media where a hyphen is deployed in this situation. Is it just an error of some sort? One can search online and see how many examples there are of this: https://ludwig.guru/s/%22in+the+near-term%22. I don't know if it's possible to search just the media and just within the past week, but I saw an instance of this within the past couple days.

3/22/237:10 PM

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Gustavo, Co-ModeratorProfessor of Legal and Financial Translation

Hi, Andrew,

According to The Chicago Manual of Style Online: Hyphenation Table, it should not be hyphenated when used inside a prepositional phrase (in the near term, in the long term) and should be hyphenated when used as a compound adjective (near-term proposal, long-term plan):

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