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Involving choices, comparisons, or effects across different times.

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intertemporal

Choosing between a reward today and a larger reward later is an intertemporal decision.
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Choosing between supplies available now and a larger set later made the theater's planning intertemporal. Months ahead, the team preferred six bulbs a month after pickup day to four on pickup day; when that day arrived, it suddenly chose four immediately despite unchanged needs.
From A Budget Across Two Seasons.
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