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as in interim
intended to last, continue, or serve for a limited time
will form a provisional government until a new leader can be elected
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as in temporary
serving in a position for the time being
he was appointed provisional executor of the industrialist's vast estate
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Recent Examples of provisional
If a judge overturned Tuesday’s court ruling to extend polling place times, the provisional ballots would help election officials segment out votes cast after polls were originally scheduled to close.
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Jamie Landers, Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026
In the interim, a provisional three-member leadership council assumes the supreme leader's duties until a replacement is formally appointed.
—Dan Mangan,garrett Downs,leslie Josephs,holly Ellyatt,chloe Taylor,sam Meredith,azhar Sukri,anniek Bao,kevin Breuninger,lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2026
The order does not close the polling places and voter in line by nine can still cast provisional ballots.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 3 Mar. 2026
To be sure, the memo represents provisional legal advice exchanged between outside counsel and Duke’s in-house lawyers, and was not written for public consumption.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 2 Mar. 2026
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Jamie Landers, Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026
In the interim, a provisional three-member leadership council assumes the supreme leader's duties until a replacement is formally appointed.
—Dan Mangan,garrett Downs,leslie Josephs,holly Ellyatt,chloe Taylor,sam Meredith,azhar Sukri,anniek Bao,kevin Breuninger,lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2026
The order does not close the polling places and voter in line by nine can still cast provisional ballots.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 3 Mar. 2026
To be sure, the memo represents provisional legal advice exchanged between outside counsel and Duke’s in-house lawyers, and was not written for public consumption.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 2 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for provisional
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Marco Donadel notched his first victory as Montreal's head coach after taking over on an interim basis last season when the club finished 13th and missed the playoffs.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile at Standard Life, the insurer’s capital markets head Nuwan Goonetilleke will become its interim CIO as the company searches for a permanent successor to Eakins.—
Leonard Kehnscherper,
Bloomberg,
8 Mar. 2026
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There was also the sound of a generator, which would require a permit, a check-in table, a metal detector and a temporary wall with branding, Sterling said.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The deposition also delved into Zuckerberg’s decision to lift a temporary Instagram ban on the use of cosmetic filters that changed people’s appearance in a way that seemed to promote plastic surgery.—
Morgan Lee,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Provisional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/provisional. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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