provisional

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Instead, we are presented with a set of writing scenes that are provisional, improvised, transitory and, in many senses, unreproducible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The team has also submitted a provisional patent for this work.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

A plea hearing will take place on 3 June and a provisional trial date was set for February 2027.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

“I’m struck by that in a way the crayon or marker drawing is provisional — there’s no final form to it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

Second, we have arranged for a provisional government.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez