the time being
Example Sentences
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While the market is expected to price in roughly quarterly rate hikes for the time being, Japan’s terminal rate is likely to be capped at or below 2%, Fujiki says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
For the time being, $4 provides a comfortable cushion, he says.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
And that, for the time being, is the descriptive-yet-obscured sloppypasta.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
Once heralded as Kane's successor, international ambitions may have to wait for the time being.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The only thing that “lived” inside this monkey was the unknown agent, and it was dead, for the time being.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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