ad hoc
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But who could resist the ecstatic momentum of her ad hoc band members buying into her grassroots dream?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
“The key question remains whether management can protect cash generation while gradually improving underlying profitability. On both metrics, the ad hoc was arguably more reassuring than the headline numbers suggests.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Some have been driving pipes into the earth, making ad hoc irrigation systems to combat subterranean fires.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
"We currently have ad hoc centres for conducting exams. We need to replace them with standardised state-controlled online centres."
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
As far as Kepler was concerned, elliptical orbits were merely an ad hoc hypothesis, and a rather repugnant one at that, because ellipses were clearly less perfect than circles.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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