Usually means: Temporarily, until further notice.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. for the_time_being: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. for the_time_being: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. for the_time_being: Collins English Dictionary
  4. for the_time_being: Vocabulary.com
  5. for the_time_being: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. for the_time_being: Wiktionary
  7. for the_time_being: Dictionary.com
  8. For the Time Being: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. for the_time_being: Rhymezone
  10. for the_time_being: Free Dictionary
  11. for the_time_being: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. for the_time_being: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. for the_time_being: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. for the_time_being: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (for the time being)

adverb:  (idiomatic) Temporarily; for now; until later; until the situation changes; in an indefinite period of time.

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