temporary setback

collocation in English

meaningsoftemporaryandsetback

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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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setback
noun[C]
uk
/ˈset.bæk/us
/ˈset.bæk/
something that happens that delays or prevents a process ...
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(Definition oftemporaryandsetbackfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This would be so because more patience would imply that he valued the prospects of future improvements higher than thetemporarysetbackhe will have to suffer.
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Our air, far from getting dirtier is getting cleaner, although we all regret thetemporarysetbackcaused by the shortage of smokeless fuel.
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The standard of our living will receive atemporarysetback.
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I think it is only atemporarysetback.
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However, it is atemporarysetbackand future prospects are extremely good.
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I regard it as a setback, atemporarysetback, but it is also a present necessity.
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Steps are being taken to deal with the short-term implications of what we all consider atemporarysetbackfor a great company.
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Unemployment among the young is especially tragic because for young people it can become more than atemporarysetback.
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But we must not allow anytemporarysetback, should one occur, to deflect us from our path.
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This may, however, only be atemporarysetback.
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It is unfortunate that abnormal weather has adversely affected this scheme in its early stages, and caused atemporarysetback.
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This can be overcome if the agricultural economy is buoyant and confident enough to look after atemporarysetback.
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Paragraph 15 refers to no more than atemporarysetbackin incomes.
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We must hope that the present situation is only atemporarysetback.
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Despite the recent andtemporarysetback, the long-term trend remains downwards.
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But it was atemporarysetbackonly and there are clear indications that the industry has recognised it as such.
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It suffered atemporarysetbackwhile we were rearranging equipment to provide for future improvement of the service.
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There may be places where there is atemporarysetback, but in industry as a whole there is no stagnation.
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I hope and believe that that is atemporarysetback.
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This is just atemporarysetbackand this whole process will have to be undertaken again.
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