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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In order to make the transition, operations need to stop temporarily, which causes delays, Hall said. Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025 The storms caused lane and highway closures in Los Angeles and Ventura counties on Wednesday, and the lanes on northbound I-5 at Lankershim Boulevard were temporarily blocked by debris. Angela Yang, NBC news, 25 Dec. 2025 The platform blamed a massive bot attack for crashing its website when the tour ticket presale launched in November 2022, resulting in the company temporarily suspending sales. Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025 The effort, however, was widely seen as unsuccessful, as data later showed the law did not reduce plastic waste as hoped, even when excluding the period in 2020, when enforcement temporarily paused during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 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 1 Jan. 2026.

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