for the time being

1. see for the moment.

Example Sentences

But their frustrations remain confined to social media for the time being.

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Kamron Zar, another resident, said the identification might help to bring some “closure” to the Palisades community for the time being.

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"I suppose I convinced myself that it was all right for the time being because his marriage was not a living thing."

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Essential workers such as border agents and the military may be forced to work without pay for the time being - but government employees deemed non-essential are temporarily put on unpaid leave.

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Generally, in a shutdown, essential workers continue as normal - some of them without pay for the time being - but government employees deemed non-essential are temporarily put on unpaid leave.

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Related Words

• brief 
• interim 
• limited 
• makeshift 
• momentary 
• provisional 
• short-lived 
• transitory