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temporarily

[tem-puh-rair-uh-lee, tem-puh-rer-] / ˌtɛm pəˈrɛər ə li, ˈtɛm pəˌrɛr- /
ADJECTIVE
for a short time
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ADVERB
for a limited time only
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Meanwhile, Delta temporarily installed 44 of its less-luxe first-class recliners on seven of those planes for cross-country flights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026

Trading on South Korea's Kospi was temporarily halted as an 8% fall in the benchmark index triggered a mechanism intended to curb panic selling.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026

Last year, several teams that temporarily dropped 11-man football, Sotomayor and Torres, had flag teams in a league that was played in the fall.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

As a consequence, the Beznau nuclear plant in northern Switzerland, near the German border, "has temporarily shut down both reactors", it said.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

“Explanation will do for another time,” thought I. Still, when I reached my chamber, I felt a pang at the idea she should even temporarily misconstrue what she had seen.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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