temporary relief

collocation in English

meaningsoftemporaryandrelief

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temporary
adjective
uk
/ˈtem.pər.ər.i/us
/ˈtem.pə.rer.i/
not lasting or needed for ...
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relief
noun
uk
/rɪˈliːf/us
/rɪˈliːf/
a feeling of happiness that something unpleasant has not happened or ...
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(Definition oftemporaryandrelieffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Unfortunately, kidney transplantation provides onlytemporaryrelief.
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It has providedtemporaryrelieffrom problems but no long-term resolution of them.
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However, in a palliative context this crying gave onlytemporaryrelief.
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She must havetemporaryrelief.
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That might bringtemporaryrelief.
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The ' sovereignty umbrella ' (first used in the 1970s) provides, at best,temporaryreliefto this long-standing dispute.
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What is proposed is merelytemporaryrelief.
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That will give onlytemporaryrelief.
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We welcome that, but is it atemporaryrelief?
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That, of course, is only atemporaryrelief.
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Temporaryreliefwould have been difficult and costly.
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Loan sanction was given in 1963 for the purchase of pumps to givetemporaryrelief.
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That path has been followed before but has led only to atemporaryrelief.
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The committee prescribed a little money here and there to providetemporaryrelief.
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I was especially glad to hear of thetemporaryreliefthat is going to be given.
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It is not a question of ceasefires, with the threat of only atemporaryrelief.
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Temporaryreliefthough it may be, it is a disastrous way to get it.
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They will not cure the disease, though they may bringtemporaryrelief.
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The £2 million relaxation of the cap will be onlytemporaryrelief.
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Or is this merelytemporaryrelieffor a matter of a month or two?
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Yet, that oil could prove a delusion and a snare as well as atemporaryrelief.
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Our short-term aim is thetemporaryreliefof under-nourishment.
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However, these measures, as positive as they are, will only bringtemporaryreliefto the problem.
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It is one of those cases where notemporaryreliefcan really help the permanent solution.
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