Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for provisory
Adjective
  • Once the league’s best franchise, the Sparks have devolved into a rudderless mess with constant changes in leadership, no real stars and only recently announced plans for a new practice facility after being relegated to temporary locker rooms at a community college.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
  • One person told us about her frantic search for temporary housing when her family of four was evacuated from the fire zone.
    Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Record was 73 years, 199 days by former Houston Texans interim coach Romeo Crennel.
    Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
  • The opponent: a scorching-hot Sacramento Kings team that had won 10 of its last 12 games under interim head coach Doug Christie.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The app allowed users to check border wait times, apply for a provisional legal visitor status (I-94 entry), request inspection of agriculture or biological products and more.
    Kate Murphy, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Also, taxpayers can now submit a class 3 front-end engineering and design study as an indication of project maturity instead of a class 5 study, which means more taxpayers can apply for a provisional emissions rate sooner in their development process.
    Marie Sapirie, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Provisory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/provisory. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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