Does Time Machine backup files in the trash?

I have lots of files in the trash that I'm keeping there temporarily while confirming that these files were transferred to other drives. Are these files in the trash backed up by Time Machine?
Thanks.

No, and you should never put anything in the Trash unless you intend to delete it immediately. It's not a safe place to store files.

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    Relaunch the Finder, then from the Finder menu bar, select
    Finder ▹ Preferences ▹ Advanced
    and uncheck the box marked Empty Trash securely. Try again to empty the Trash.

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  • Does Time Machine backup items on the time machine disk?

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    If you intend to use disk B as both a Time Machine Backup Disk and a Data disk to hold your files, the only way to do that would be to partion the Disk B volume.
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    I don't believe it does. I know that there was an issue in the past where it wouldn't back up any of the iPhoto Library if iPhoto was open. I don't know if that was fixed. But, like you, I can't find anything else to verify my suspicion.
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    Time Machine Features
    Apple - Support - Mac OSX v10.5 Leopard Time Machine
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  • Does Time Machine backup iCal?

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