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Synonyms & Antonyms for temporary
Synonyms: Adjective
ad interim, impermanent, interim, provisional, provisionary, provisory, short-term
Antonyms: Adjective
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Examples of temporary in a Sentence
Adjective
The drug will give you temporary relief from the pain. The delay is only temporary. The settlers built temporary shelters.
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The team has already cost themselves so many rebuilding opportunities by perpetually affixing temporary bandages to the roster in an effort to appease Eli Manning. — Conor Orr, SI.com, "What You Should Actually Worry About After the NFLâs First Sunday," 9 Sep. 2019 At first the scientists thought there might be a temporary problem with the data connection. — Gretchen Vogel, Science | AAAS, "Suspect surfaces in the mysterious case of the underwater research station that vanished," 9 Sep. 2019 But the job was only temporary and Trout found herself back in sales. — Los Angeles Times, "Kombucha CEO says companyâs founders âwere âsucceed at any costâ types of peopleâ," 8 Sep. 2019 The invasive returned later in the summer, and so did the seven temporary town employees. — Peter Marteka, courant.com, "South Windsor using âgoatscapingâ to control invasive plants," 7 Sep. 2019 The incident was the third to occur either inside or near a high school football venue this season in Alabama that has either led to mass panic or a temporary halt to a football game. — John Sharp | [email protected], al, "Jefferson County schools seek âeffective measuresâ for security after shooting near game," 7 Sep. 2019 As with most other zoos that have pandas, the animals and their offspring are temporary loans. — New York Times, "At Berlin Zoo, a Clamor to Name Twin Pandas âHongâ and âKongâ," 6 Sep. 2019 In a former Air Force chaplainâs office, a 4,000 square foot, temporary museum displays some of the worldâs first desktop computers, antique phones, Thomas Edisonâs first light bulbs and a display with live electricity volts. — Randy Diamond, ExpressNews.com, "Port San Antonio experiencing growth spurt," 6 Sep. 2019 Police charged a Friendswood man and Webster man, both 17, with possession of drug paraphernalia after a traffic stop for expired temporary tags Aug. 24 in the 15400 block of Blackhawk Boulevard. — Jennifer James Correspondent, Houston Chronicle, "Friendswood man accused of stealing school bus," 6 Sep. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
This allowed undocumented immigrants brought to America as children who enrolled in or graduated from school, university or the armed forces and had no criminal record temporary, renewable legal working papers. — The Economist, "Americaâs immigration system is broken," 28 June 2018 Salvadorans were first allowed to apply for temporary protected status by the George W. Bush administration after major earthquakes devastated parts of El Salvador in 2001, causing many to flee the country. — Monroe Trombly, Cincinnati.com, "Ohio Gov. John Kasich to Donald Trump: Frustrated? 'Sit on your hands and keep your mouth shut'," 16 Jan. 2018 Why the move to such a high percent of a firmâs staff being temporaries of one form or another? — Phil Blair, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Who would have thought we'd be moving to a just-in-time workforce?," 11 Sep. 2017 Temporary Protected Status was first provided to Haitians under the Obama administration following Haitiâs devastating Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake. — Jacqueline Charles, miamiherald, "Trump administration seeking criminal history of Haitians," 9 May 2017 The Homeland Security Department said Kelly has not made a final decision about Temporary Protected Status for Haiti and declined to comment on the process. — Washington Post, "US seeks evidence of Haitian crimes as it weighs their stay," 9 May 2017 Tens of thousands of Haitians in the United States when a massive earthquake struck in 2010 were invited to apply for temporary protected status. — Sandra Pedicini, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Hundreds of Haitian Disney employees may have to leave U.S.," 25 Apr. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'temporary.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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