provisional government

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UK consumption rocketed from 8 million litres in 2019 to about 699 million litres in 2024, according to provisional government figures.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2025

In 1893, a group of Americans overthrew the Hawaiian monarchy and instilled their own provisional government.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2024

Algeria’s official press service APS underscored China’s role as the first non-Arab country to recognize Algeria’s provisional government in 1958, established midway through its brutal independence war with France.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2023

A provisional government, put in place after American businessmen overthrew Queen Lili’uokalani and dissolved the Kingdom of Hawai’i, forced Natives suspected of infection onto the island of Moloka’i.

From New York Times • May 25, 2023

Second, we have arranged for a provisional government.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez