temporary lapse
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftemporaryandlapse
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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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lapse
noun
uk/læps/us/læps/
a ...
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(Definition oftemporaryandlapsefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoftemporary lapse
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Thetemporarylapsewas an illusion: a mere fantasy that music was possible.
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Sometimes the person who has had atemporarylapseof judgment feels the most tremendous remorse, and no sentence can properly compensate the family.
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I hope that this is only atemporarylapse; there are years ahead in which they can make amends.
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Histemporarylapseon his sums is not representative of his work as a whole.
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Thetemporarylapsein the issue of acknowledgment cards resulted from a computer error.
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We have heard nothing today about atemporarylapsein standards or a failure to improve basic services.
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I hope very much that this will be only atemporarylapse, because next time round one will want to fight even harder.
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I apologise for mytemporarylapse.
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Concussions are injuries to the head which cause atemporarylapsein the normal operation of brain function.
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First, instances of reasoning might depart from normative standards due to performance errors - temporary lapses of attention, memory deactivation, and other sporadic information processing mishaps.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The implementation of short-term or temporary objectives or technical problems have resulted in temporary lapses in compiling statistical data, all with drastic results.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
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