The phrase "a temporary pause for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a brief interruption or break in an activity or process.
Example: "We will take a temporary pause for a quick discussion before continuing with the meeting."
Alternatives: "a brief break for" or "a short intermission for".
Because of the increasingly high-profile nature of the flight, lawyers representing seven of the passengers asked a federal judge for a temporary pause of their deportation orders on Monday night.
Their final conclusions called for a "temporary pause in all current drilling operations for a sufficient length of time" to perform additional safety tests for 33 exploratory deepwater wells already working in the Gulf of Mexico.
Our expedition was forced into a temporary pause, while we waited for the polar winds to be kind to us and blow the pack ice out of our way.
The recent call by U.S. scientists for a temporary pause "in the application of germ-line modification for clinical application in humans while the implications of such activity are discussed" has added a new intensity to the debate and reveals a potential bioethical divide between the US and the UK.
Most (but not all) people would say you aren't really interrupting; you just asked for a temporary pause.
The plan is thought to include provision for a temporary pause in hostilities that could begin as soon as this weekend.
The agreement allows for a temporary pause in the first few years of boosted salaries if California's unemployment rate rises or if a deficit is projected in future state budgets.
These "island vacations" from regulation are the exact reason Congress is investigating BP and the president has called for a temporary pause on new deepwater offshore drilling in the Gulf.
The march was the most substantial collection of anti police brutality activism since Mayor Bill de Blasio called for a temporary pause in protests after the tragic murder of police officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu in Brooklyn last month.
