temporary

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The government in Kinshasa has stressed that their stay in the country is only temporary and that Washington is funding "their reception, support and care".

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

The temporary cease-fire creates space for the U.S. to continue peace talks with Iran, the main backer of Hezbollah.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Waller pointed to the Fed’s costly miscalculation early in the pandemic, when policymakers dismissed one price surge after another as temporary, each time expecting inflation to resolve itself.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

Sasaki, who had mostly started while growing up in Japan, told the Japanese magazine Shukan Bunshun he was “very hesitant” to make the switch but only agreed when the Dodgers promised it would be temporary.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Since it was impossible to eat wild grains without first winnowing, grinding and cooking them, people who gathered these grains carried them back to their temporary campsites for processing.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari