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The phrase "a temporary post" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a job or position that is not permanent and is intended to last for a limited time.
Example: "She accepted a temporary post at the university while she searches for a permanent position."
Alternatives: "a short-term position" or "a provisional role."
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But, more importantly, he also got a temporary post as "a dogsbody" at the Guardian.
Six months ago he was assigned to a temporary post at the company's London office.
By 1990, she was acting president of Baruch College, a temporary post.
Later, back in Seattle, he took on a temporary post at Boeing – it would last 40 years.
Plus, as it's a temporary post, this could be a good way to try out the sector.
He is already at work at the agency in a temporary post while he awaits Senate confirmation.
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Q. Are we seeing a permanent change in the makeup of boards, or just a temporary post-Enron reaction?
In the meantime, faced by an increasingly hostile press, Labour will have to wait a week or so to see if the near elimination of its poll lead is a temporary post-budget sugar rush or a Tory breakthrough.
Since then, Mr. Lee had maintained that his was a temporary posting, even as he passed a budget and made strides toward overhauling pensions.
As the Bank of England's chief economist pointed out recently, no one knows whether sluggish growth is a temporary post-crisis dip or a longer-lasting valley.
He held this newly created position for the next two years, broken by a temporary posting as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff between January and August 1978.
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