temp
Example Sentences
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Prime Video’s award-winning series returns with a new unwitting hero, who is hired as a temp at a hot sauce company — gentle, funny pranks ensue.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
In October, finally a flash of luck: Lee got a job through a temp agency collecting water payments at $17.30 an hour.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025
Many are offering their Black Friday deals earlier and earlier to temp value-conscious consumers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025
Serve and savor: Serve slightly warm or at room temp, ideally outside, with something cold to drink and nowhere to be.
From Salon • Jun. 23, 2025
Three tense weeks after that, Eric took a temp job, as a network programmer with Andersen Consulting that paid $35,000 a year.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
