temporary settlement

collocation in English

meaningsoftemporaryandsettlement

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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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settlement
noun
uk
/ˈset.əl.mənt/us
/ˈset̬.əl.mənt/
an official agreement that finishes ...
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(Definition oftemporaryandsettlementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thistemporarysettlementhas no electricity, running water, or other amenities, but it boasts a chapel.
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This resistance demonstrates that though a musician may narrate a sense of musical direction, a band always requires negotiation and thetemporarysettlementof perceived differences.
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Ten minutes later we were told that a subsidy was going to be granted and that atemporarysettlementhad been come to.
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That could only be atemporarysettlementof the question; it could not be a permanent solution.
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I would rather not see atemporarysettlement.
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I said there was no finality; that it is only atemporarysettlement.
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The whole of this question must come up again, because this is only atemporarysettlementof a very difficult and complex problem.
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How long are they to be allowed to make sometemporarysettlementin their present location?
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What we need rather more than mere willingness on the part of private organisations to finance the receiving andtemporarysettlementof refugees in this county is a policy.
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Excavations here provides evidence of atemporarysettlementas no structures were found at the site.
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Tuberculosis (known as consumption), malaria, and unidentified fevers and chills also plagued thetemporarysettlement.
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Archaeological findings in the surrounding area show evidence of temporary settlements, probably built for the purpose of hunting and gathering of food or raw materials.
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Military camps and similar temporary settlements of nomads may have dedicated kitchen tents.
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The islands are uninhabited, but fishermen from nearby coastal locations stay in temporary settlements on certain islands during the dry season.
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The crews established temporary settlements at various points along the coast to boil and dry the trepang before returning home to sell their cargo.
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Their temporary settlements were built along lake and marsh edges, which remained free of trees due to fluctuations in water level.
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Many areas have no time zone since nothing is decided and there are not even any temporary settlements that have any clocks.
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Most are located above an altitude of 3,500 m, and most have no permanent human settlements nearby, though many are used for grazing yaks and may have scattered temporary settlements.
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