tempo-, tempor-

For a certain time (only); during a limited time.

1. Lasting for or relating to a limited time; not permanent; transient; made to supply a passing need.
2. Someone who is hired to work in an office or other workplace for a limited time only.
3. Belonging to the present life or this world.

One of the meanings of "reprieve" is "temporary relief from harm or discomfort".

One must yield to time or One must keep abreast of the times.

One must yield to time.

Also: "One must keep abreast of the times". A related expression is Temporibus inserviendum; literally, "One must pay attention to the times."

The wise man does no wrong in changing his habits with the times.

From Cato in his Disticha de Moribus, c. 175 B.C.

Killing time.

Time usually is the best means of healing.

Another version is, "Time is a great healer." This expression comes from Ovid's Remedia Amoris.

1. To adopt some course of action for the time or occasion; hence, to adapt oneself or to conform to a time and circumstances.
2. To act evasively in order to gain time, to avoid an argument, or to postpone a decision.

Referring to the temporal and frontal bones or areas.

Time flies.

Musical genre of the 1980's and 1990's defined by recordings by rhythm-and-blues or soul artists with broad crossover appeal.

Urban contemporary started as an American radio format designed to appeal to advertisers who felt that "black radio" would not reach a wide enough audience.

Responding to disco's waning popularity in the late 1970's, African-American-oriented radio created two new, nearly synonymous formats: retronuevo and quiet storm (the second was named after a Smokey Robinson hit); and both were characterized by a subtle, smooth musical approach that looked back to the rhythm-and-blues ballad tradition.