temporary halt

collocation in English

meaningsoftemporaryandhalt

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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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halt
noun[S]
uk
/hɒlt/us
/hɑːlt/
an occasion when something stops moving ...
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(Definition oftemporaryandhaltfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftemporary halt

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In the mid 1970s, the expansion of the welfare state came to atemporaryhalt.
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That's bad, atemporaryhaltto progress.
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If no one does, the enlargement everyone desires will come to atemporaryhalt.
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Everyone knew, she said, that the financial conditions of the country require atemporaryhaltin the policy of grants.
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The events of the last two months have sadly brought atemporaryhaltto this process.
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Prison does not work: for too many it is atemporaryhalt, an occupational hazard in a career of crime.
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I had not realised how difficult it was for him, once having started, to come even to atemporaryhalt.
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This fighting has brought atemporaryhaltto the flow of relief convoys.
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Some parts of it remind me of thetemporaryhaltstations, of which there used to be a number on the old railway lines.
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But atemporaryhaltin terms of output, productivity and investment will not undo the enormous progress of the past decade.
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Is there not a case, as a purely temporary measure until we have examined the problems involved in the immigration influx, to call atemporaryhaltto all immigration?
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Although football, like most sport, came to atemporaryhalt, it was not long before regional football leagues and cups were organised.
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In late 1994, bombardment of the capital came to atemporaryhalt.
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It brought atemporaryhaltto several years of warfare between cities on the island.
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During the festive season some long distance trains have atemporaryhalthere.
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The unexpected sinkings caused atemporaryhaltto merchant ship sailings.
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This resulted in atemporaryhaltto construction.
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Early the following year, following several further months of unusually dry weather, there was anothertemporaryhaltto production.
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The war put atemporaryhaltto the emigration which never again reached the same proportions.
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However, further expansion was hindered by atemporaryhaltin recruitment and uncertainty about overseas deployment.
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