temporary
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"Rather, his continued status is merely a temporary arrangement, with the Credentials Committee's decision deferred annually."
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
As a wimpy ectomorph, my temporary high-T status provided a validation I didn’t realize I was looking for.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
They will move into a temporary home this weekend.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
The AlloESO-T cells slowed tumor growth and delayed the cancer's return, while the conventionally engineered comparison cells provided only temporary control.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
“But it was a sight we did not like, for the floes were thudding against our floeberg with increasing violence. Our temporary home was being swept away at an unpleasantly rapid rate.”
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Ford raised its offer to $21 per hour with profit sharing and said it would make temporaries full-time workers after 90 days of continuous service.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
Presumably, some of the best candidates are employed--and aren't looking.We call that the Accolo Theory of Relativity: We're all temporaries; it's just a matter of degrees.
From Inc ● Mar. 25, 2013
All temporaries would be ineligible for welfare or unemployment benefits, but they could send their children to public schools.
From Time Magazine Archive
Included in the employed are part-time workers and temporaries.
From Time Magazine Archive
At twelve months the two central temporary incisors give place to the permanents; these last are more square in form than the temporaries, and are thus easily distinguished.
From The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing by Sanders Spencer
Vocabulary lists containing temporary
It's About Time: Chron and Temp
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Essential Word Roots: Chron and Temp
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