temporary
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Burnham cited efforts to move rough sleepers into temporary accommodation during the Covid-19 pandemic, saying in his statement that "we can do it again".
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Chloe was helped by Crisis who housed her in temporary accommodation and now has a place to study at film school.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered a temporary ban on large data-center construction last month to give the state time to craft proper regulations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
A decision, perhaps only temporary, is likely by Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
“Once in a while Lainie suggests that we follow it around ourselves but I think that would only be a temporary solution, we are too mercurial for our own good.”
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
But employers figure they come out about even with the temporaries, since permanent employees are expensive to recruit and command fringe benefits that add a third or more to basic wage rates.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Many of the buildings are rundown and ratinfested; one-third of the teachers are "temporaries."
From Time Magazine Archive
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The greatest, however, that they could get up was, that I always paid the Wanyamuezi "temporaries" more than they got, though "permanents."
From The Discovery of the Source of the Nile by John Hanning Speke
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Essential Word Roots: Chron and Temp
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