temporary
adjective
lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent.
temporaries
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pluralof temporary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
Many of the buildings are rundown and ratinfested; one-third of the teachers are "temporaries."
From Time Magazine Archive
The greatest, however, that they could get up was, that I always paid the Wanyamuezi "temporaries" more than they got, though "permanents."
From The Discovery of the Source of the Nile by John Hanning Speke
