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The phrase "a temporary secondment" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a short-term assignment or transfer of an employee to another position or organization.
Example: "She accepted a temporary secondment to the marketing department to help with a special project."
Alternatives: "a short-term assignment" or "a provisional transfer."
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Paul Collingwood, whose final match for England was in Chittagong three years ago, but who has a temporary secondment to the England team as assistant coach to Ashley Giles, was nominated as a substitute fielder for the first one-day international between England and West Indies in Antigua.
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He or she should be an eminent economist on temporary secondment to the commission, so as to ensure that the holder of the job is very much in touch with the latest thinking in the field of industrial economics.
They are employed in a variety of ways while on foreign "attachment" – temporary secondment – which results in the substantive salary to which their pension is related being frozen at the level it was at when they first went abroad.
The programmes draw talent from among university students and industry employees, who take a secondment--a temporary break from regular work--while pursuing their degrees.
Financial options might include grants to researchers to be available for quick access to policy-makers, or temporary secondments to support policy development.
A temporary victory.
Or a temporary fix?
Is this a temporary slump?
You are a temporary writer.
A temporary factory that hired temporary workers.
Surely a temporary placement, a compromise, then.
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