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temporary

[tem-puh-rer-ee] / ˈtɛm pəˌrɛr i /


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Instead, participants were housed in wooden temporary units, on a cruise ship and in hotels.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

"This formation is beautiful, but temporary, and has a limited life span," the park service said in 2021.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

In the meantime, the closure of the final temporary base in Calabria on October 31 will mark the official end of this year's summer season.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Higher Malaysian government securities yields could also weigh on banks’ fee-related income, while the KLCI’s expansion may create temporary fund-flow pressure, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

But, he told himself, this is only temporary.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

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

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

Both temporaries and regulars in the superior court are benefiting from another efficiency measure: reducing jury size from twelve to eight when the contending attorneys agree.

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 Sanders Spencer




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