provisory

Example Sentences

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My feelings of safety and belonging are still highly provisory.

From The Guardian • Oct. 21, 2020

The airline seats are arranged in a group and function as a provisory sofa for the volunteers.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2015

A provisory government was established, entitled the Government of the National Defence.

From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)

The resources of the exchequer were at that time so scanty that Orejon ordered the provisory use of fagots in the construction of the fortifications of Havana.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher

Zinc plates are also employed as provisory supports instead of glass, opal or porcelain plates.

From Photographic Reproduction Processes by Duchochois, Peter C.