temp
Example Sentences
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“You’re in luck. I just finished up a batch of croissants, but there’s also shepherd’s pie if you want. The temp really dropped tonight, right?”
From Literature
In October, finally a flash of luck: Lee got a job through a temp agency collecting water payments at $17.30 an hour.
If companies hired fewer temps than they usually do, the seasonal adjustments applied by the BLS could make the employment picture look a lot worse in November than it really is.
From MarketWatch
“My original contact was with a temp executive assistant because I couldn’t find anyone else to talk to.”
Outside the office, four temp workers discuss a mysterious office theft and how their full-time co-workers likely suspect they are the culprits.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
