temporarily

adverb

tem·​po·​rar·​i·​ly ˌtem-pə-ˈrer-ə-lē How to pronounce temporarily (audio)
: during a limited time

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The judge temporarily barred the administration from transferring, repatriating, removing or otherwise facilitating the transport of any of the 76 Guatemalan children immigration authorities had tried to deport in the middle of the night over the Labor Day weekend. Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025 The Pentagon is sifting through service members’ social media posts, and several military members have been temporarily suspended. Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2025 By holding down the Talk button, the user can temporarily access the SuperMic and override the mics in the earbuds. Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 The conservative-leaning Oklahoma Supreme Court temporarily blocked the state's plan to integrate Bible instruction and paused the implementation of new social studies standards after legal challenges argued that the measures violated the separation of church and state and open-meetings rules. Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for temporarily

Word History

First Known Use

1534, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of temporarily was in 1534

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“Temporarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/temporarily. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.

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