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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Five additional polling places in DeKalb County were temporarily closed around 5 p.m. on Tuesday due to bomb threats and their voting hours were extended. Chris Boyette, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024 The Grimms’ stories, with their promise of bodying forth an authentically Teutonic spirit, were so sought after during the Nazi years that Allied occupying forces temporarily banned them after the war. Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024 The chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court is being targeted this election for her ruling that temporarily removed former President Trump from the 2024 ballot. John Frank, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024 The accident temporarily closed both northbound and southbound lanes of Skyline Blvd. John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024 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 21 Nov. 2024.

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