temporary
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Its operations released lead dust across Boyle Heights, East Los Angeles, Commerce and Maywood while the state allowed the plant to operate for decades with a temporary permit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
Yet a temporary slowdown in the U.S. data-center buildout doesn’t necessarily mean lower revenues for AI-exposed companies in the coming quarters, Lior Prosor, managing partner at venture-capital firm Deep33, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
A dropped shot at the 14th proved to be only a temporary blip as he recorded two further birdies on the 17th and 18th holes to cap a scintillating round.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
A judge had issued a temporary restraining order against Seaver as part of the proceedings, which were voluntarily dismissed Thursday in a Nashville court, multiple US media said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
At first he assumes that it is only a temporary matter.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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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
As the month goes on, Chile's writers will meet their U.S. con temporaries for panel discussions of the Chilean novel, featuring Sometime Critic Arthur Schlesinger, and theater, featuring Director Jose Quintero.
From Time Magazine Archive
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All temporaries would be ineligible for welfare or unemployment benefits, but they could send their children to public schools.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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