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Economists say carmakers have either shortened or skirted the usual temporary summer layoffs to retool their plants because of robust sales.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

A five-week "launch window" had been due to begin on Monday, with temporary traffic restrictions in the event of a flight attempt but that will no longer be required.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

But the details will be all the more important, as activists may not be pacified by temporary measures.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

The Mariana Islands, Guam and American Samoa all want at least a temporary ban on deep-sea mining in their territorial waters.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

The judge issued a temporary restraining order, barring the Times from printing more of the Pentagon Papers until the trial was concluded.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

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

Many of the buildings are rundown and ratinfested; one-third of the teachers are "temporaries."

From Time Magazine Archive

Workers have also complained that they were paid as temporaries for longer than the law allowed, and not given automatic raises after one year, as required.

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 Spencer, Sanders