TEMPORARIES Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

temporaries

noun

plural of temporary

as in temps

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Learn from experienced coworkers, understand how your work impacts other departments and expand your skills.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
CEOs have been warning professionals that AI won’t take their jobs—it’ll actually be their tech-savvy coworkers snatching up opportunities.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of coworkers

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And because nobody washed the dishes before tossing them into the feasting pit, King and his colleagues (in a 2017 study) could analyze the microscopic residue of ancient drinks that had soaked into the ceramic.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
Whether El Niño will continue to strengthen is something Cole and her colleagues’ records can’t answer, but scientists are using climate models to try to puzzle that out.

— Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026

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Beck didn’t participate in the book, but Riesman finds enough friends, family and associates to assemble a complex portrait of an artist who wants his audiences to see him as fashion-forward but has had a hard time shaking his past.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
John Giusti, a chiropractor with an independent practice outside Dallas and Forth Worth, was found dead on Monday, friends and business associates said on social media.

— N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of associates

Noun

Other jobs on this list include occupations that are largely administrative and deal with handling data or customer service, such as office clerks, secretaries, administrative assistants, customer service reps and tellers.

— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Hammock and Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald had worked together as assistants with the Baltimore Ravens.

— Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

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