temp
noun
an office worker hired, usually through an agency on a per diem basis, for a short period of time; a temporary worker.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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Mr Ogg put it to Mr McVeigh: "There are temping reasons for you to say things that would make you a witness rather than an accused."
From BBC ● May 15, 2015