temporary
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Crude oil futures fell as traders weighed talks between Oman and Iran on an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz under a temporary framework.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
He used Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 to impose a temporary 10 percent tariff on “all countries.”
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
She says: "Books, framed photographs, decorative objects and houseplants help tell your story and can make even a temporary space feel more personal and lived in."
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Oman, which sits on the other side of Hormuz from Iran, has been discussing with Tehran a temporary transit corridor to enable traffic to resume.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
This isn’t some temporary dream that I’m going to wake up from.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
Ford raised its offer to $21 per hour with profit sharing and said it would make temporaries full-time workers after 90 days of continuous service.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
Presumably, some of the best candidates are employed--and aren't looking.We call that the Accolo Theory of Relativity: We're all temporaries; it's just a matter of degrees.
From Inc ● Mar. 25, 2013
Both temporaries and regulars in the superior court are benefiting from another efficiency measure: reducing jury size from twelve to eight when the contending attorneys agree.
From Time Magazine Archive
All temporaries would be ineligible for welfare or unemployment benefits, but they could send their children to public schools.
From Time Magazine Archive
At twelve months the two central temporary incisors give place to the permanents; these last are more square in form than the temporaries, and are thus easily distinguished.
From The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing by Sanders Spencer
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Essential Word Roots: Chron and Temp
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