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pro tem
adjective as in temporary
Weak matches
- acting
- ad hoc
- ad interim
- alternate
- Band-Aid
- brief
- changeable
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- fleeting
- for the time being
- fugacious
- fugitive
- impermanent
- interim
- limited
- make-do
- makeshift
- momentary
- mortal
- overnight
- passing
- perishable
- pro tempore
- provisional
- provisory
- shifting
- short
- short-lived
- slapdash
- stopgap
- substitute
- summary
- supply
- temp
- transient
- transitory
- unfixed
- unstable
- volatile
Example Sentences
Thanks to Pearce's influence, Allen is now president pro tem of the Senate.
There were twenty-four members present, besides the President pro tem.; of whom twenty voted in favor of it.
The bill was then signed by the Speaker and the President pro tem.
A week ago Joyselle would have hated her—or thought that he did, which is practically the same thing pro tem.
When vacancies occur in any of the elective offices of the Lodge, they must be filled by seniority or pro tem.
The town clerk was perfectly aware that the Holy Roman Empire had come to an end, pro tem.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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