temp
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A pivotal reveal at the end of Episode 3 was edited using the UK version of “The Apprentice” theme song as temp music during postproduction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 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
Many are offering their Black Friday deals earlier and earlier to temp value-conscious consumers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
How I’d phoned Frontline Security and spoken to the temp.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
Each resort is very, very different and the weather pattern and the temps can be completely distinct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
“Laissez les bons temps rouler” is as relevant to younger investors as Warren Buffett’s advice to be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful has been to older generations.
From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026
And thanks to the low temps, this winter hasn’t just felt like a real winter; it’s also really looked like one.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2026
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 ● Dec. 15, 2025
“Says the girl sitting outside in subglacial temps while the vampires are out looking for a snack with sprinkles.”
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
One reason the stock market has performed so much better in recent years is that investors weren’t being temped by yields in the bond market, which have been lousy.
From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026
Ron: I temped for a bunch of years, that was my thing, that was my day job before doing “Office Space.”
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2019
Then when I moved out here I temped at NBCUniversal for a while.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2018
By twenty-seven, Anderson-Lopez was a not-very-successful actress who temped during the day and did everything she could to stay involved with musical theatre.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 22, 2016
She asked that I remind her to bring along a young blonde who temped at the office to be in the throng the next day.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
Maybe I’ll be a teacher, I could go back to temping ...
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bill Tuesday after agreeing to changes including prohibiting the sale of chilled beer or wine that might be more temping to drink on the way home.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 28, 2020
Six months after graduating from the University of Connecticut, a typical 40-hour workweek for me includes a mix of temping for a local talent agency and bartending at Bowtie Cinemas.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2019
A 38-year-old self-described “law-school dropout,” she is temping at a nonprofit, identifies as an anarcho-communist, and is a proud member of Democratic Socialists of America.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2018
She’s spent the past summer temping, working for two months in the business office of an expensive midtown hotel.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
