TEMPORARIES Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

temporaries

noun

plural of temporary

as in temps

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Rather than over-scheduling people to maintain up-to-date global assets, a company can transfer much of this workload to its Smartcat AI coworkers.

— Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
Other than being an annoying time-suck, workslop is leading people to question their coworkers' competence or consideration.

— Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 20 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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This year, the Iranian government froze the bank accounts and seized assets belonging to more than a hundred Iranians who are living overseas, including dozens of staff members and associates of Iran International.

— Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026
To hear his closest associates tell it, the magic was in the match — pairing the talent with the tune.

— Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of associates

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Achord meets with his two assistants, 36-year-old Corey Harkey, who played for the Rams from 2012-2016, and Jeff Koonz, who was a Packers defensive assistant last season and the West Virginia special teams coordinator before that.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
The report said only 14 percent expect greater use of AI shopping assistants to be the biggest behavioral change this season, and most are still concentrating their attention on shipping costs, discounts and operational execution.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026

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