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temporary

[tem-puh-rer-ee] / ˈtɛm pəˌrɛr i /


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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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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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