the time being

Example Sentences

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That means that the teams walloping the rest of the league are, for the time being, doing it while spending less money than most of their competition.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Tech likely will paper over those cracks for the time being.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Those aspirations are on hold for the time being.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

The overnight local election results have confirmed that, for the time being at least, electoral politics in Britain has become highly fragmented.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

But for the time being, it appears that nothing will come of nothing.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife