temp
noun
an office worker hired, usually through an agency on a per diem basis, for a short period of time; a temporary worker.
temped
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past participleof temp.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof temp.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
tempnounan office worker hired, usually through an agency on a per diem basis, for a short period of time; a temporary worker.
Example Sentences
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One reason the stock market has performed so much better in recent years is that investors weren’t being temped by yields in the bond market, which have been lousy.
From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026
Schneider had temped all of these great songs into the picture, but hadn’t licensed any of them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2019
Ron: I temped for a bunch of years, that was my thing, that was my day job before doing “Office Space.”
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2019
By twenty-seven, Anderson-Lopez was a not-very-successful actress who temped during the day and did everything she could to stay involved with musical theatre.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 22, 2016
She asked that I remind her to bring along a young blonde who temped at the office to be in the throng the next day.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
