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Temporary

Temporary meaning

Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time. | Existing only for a short time or short times.

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List Temporary memorials The World Trade Center cross was a temporary memorial at Ground Zero Soon after the attacks, temporary memorials were set up in New York and elsewhere.

Alderman Ryan McCready said: “I endorse and approve the temporary measure and if that temporary measure is good for us with good revenue, and is better than a café that would be in there, then it’s about thinking beyond that.

A motion has been filed for an emergency temporary restraining order seeking temporary injunctive relief from the placing of South American migrants in the former South Shore High School.

And when I say temporary, what I mean by that is, migrants are admitted initially on a temporary basis.

A spokesperson for Shropshire Council said the works were a "temporary reinstatement" but added the agreed permit "gave no warning" of their temporary nature.

At Crossflatts Primary School in Bingley, West Yorkshire, older pupils are facing the start of term in temporary buildings or being taught in the hall, and yellow temporary buildings can be seen around the main school building.

Over an undeclared period, 599 employers under Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program or International Mobility Program were found to be non-compliant and were either hit with a financial penalty or banned from hiring temporary workers for a time.

Refugee support groups have been rallying to let those on Temporary Protection Visas and Safe Haven Enterprise Visas apply for permanent residency and visa status - noting that many have been on temporary visas for over a decade.

Some applications have sought temporary exemptions for a particular unit, and some applications have sought temporary exemptions for entire buildings, making it difficult to track exactly how many tenants are impacted.

The latest government figures, published in November, showed that the numbers of households and children in temporary accommodation in England have hit new record highs, with 105,750 households in temporary accommodation at the end of June.

By 2025, these supposedly 'temporary' freezes will have run for three years raising questions about whether they are temporary, only because they allow Chancellors to renew the good news for yet another year.

He added: "We are committed to reducing the number of households in temporary accommodation and we are acting on the recommendations of the expert temporary accommodation task and finish group.

He suggested Vuitton’s new, temporary 57th Street store has a “semi-temporary story,” since it’s expected to be up and running for at least two or three years.

In mid-January, a federal judge issued a temporary injunction striking the Ukrainian provision of the law, allowing all immigrants on humanitarian parole to receive temporary licenses in the state.

Much of this was attributable to the temporary shocks, particularly in the temporary help services and manufacturing sectors.

Recently, the country moved to handing out temporary to immigrants with temporary work visas.

Temporary Protected Status, in theory, is a temporary measure meant to alleviate suffering in a country suffering from war or natural disaster.

Alongside this work, a temporary floor would have to be installed in the belfry where Big Ben is housed, and the cost for the temporary floor and installing, testing and striking Big Ben would be approximately £120,000.

And if we are agreeing to a similar kind of arrangement, no matter how temporary you say it might be, all these temporary arrangements tend to have tactually become relatively permanent.

BC Temporary Rental Supplement (BC-TRS) Program is providing temporary support for renters impacted by COVID-19 by covering part of rent payments for low and moderate income renters.