temporary
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There is a temporary reimbursement of 0.04% of expenses until at least March 1, 2027.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
On X, Pentagon spokespman Sean Parnell described the shifting figures as "temporary data disruptions".
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Its benefits were temporary, repeated use can be toxic, and the study was conducted in mice.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
The judge responded by placing a temporary administrator in charge of the estate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Railroad workers had laid a temporary track between the main line and the street so that the wagon could pull up next to the president's rail car.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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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
Most temporaries and junior professors, however, are subservient to administrators and senior faculty in their own departments and feel wary of espousing anything too controversial.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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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 Spencer, Sanders
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