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temp

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Recent Examples of temp These Cozy Earth joggers are my latest go-to, along with a performance tank that’s easily layerable for temp control. — Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2026 Jose Rodolfo Garcia-Sanchez Garcia-Sanchez had spent the year being shuttled to different states for asbestos removal jobs through a temp agency. — Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026 And once the temp subsides, a secret weapon like this can hide away in your hall closet until things heat up again. — Lindsey Mather, Architectural Digest, 16 July 2026 When deleting this temp file, EncryptPro bypasses the Recycle Bin but doesn’t apply secure deletion, so it could theoretically be recovered with forensic software. — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for temp

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Following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, large areas of farmland were treated similarly, and contaminated topsoil was removed and stored in temporary as well as long-term facilities.

— Eduardo B. Farfán, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
California voters will have to approve the temporary in a special election in November.

— Terry Collins, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025

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