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temp

[temp] / tɛmp /
















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Waldorf had spelled out the catch-22 in her journal that morning: “If I need a blood transfusion and it stabilizes my condition, they cannot induce. If my temp continues to spike then they can induce.”

From Salon • May 27, 2026

"Whether that's putting in some sort of temporary structure or putting a temp track across the field alongside the landslide."

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

In October, finally a flash of luck: Lee got a job through a temp agency collecting water payments at $17.30 an hour.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

She kept her long-term temp job at Deutsche Bank throughout that first season, wanting to ensure she could make her rent if the show got axed.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

How I’d phoned Frontline Security and spoken to the temp.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd




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