provisory
Example Sentences
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My feelings of safety and belonging are still highly provisory.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 21, 2020
The airline seats are arranged in a group and function as a provisory sofa for the volunteers.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2015
The next point at which a stand was made was the assertion that the condemnation of Galileo was "provisory"; but this proved a more treacherous shelter than the others.
From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White
The resources of the exchequer were at that time so scanty that Orejon ordered the provisory use of fagots in the construction of the fortifications of Havana.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Willis Fletcher Johnson
Zinc plates are also employed as provisory supports instead of glass, opal or porcelain plates.
From Photographic Reproduction Processes by Peter C. Duchochois
