temp
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As a temp, he had no real title.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 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
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 The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025
Many are offering their Black Friday deals earlier and earlier to temp value-conscious consumers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
There's always a temp agency or consulting firm that can farm out someone, but it's hit or miss with temp hires, who typically don't really care.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
With temps hovering near three digits, hikes and other outdoor adventures were out of the question.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 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
Denver has seen temps in the 60s this week.
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
"They had temped in what I think are real eagle or hawk sounds, which sounded pretty good," said Baker.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2022
DiGregorio took the bag and headed for FultonFishMarket.com’s receiving station, where the fish would be scanned, weighed, temped, assigned a bar code, and Cryovac-sealed.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 1, 2019
Back in the UK, France temped and in the evenings built his own modesty brand, Kingdom & State.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 9, 2019
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
So, Felix, temping as it may be — resist the urge to sulk.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 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
