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makeshift
adjective as in temporary
noun as in temporary help
Weak matches
Example Sentences
On a sunny July day in Simi Valley, Lamb sat in a camping chair outside of their makeshift home while Lichtenberg mixed cups of water with watermelon-flavored electrolyte powder, her favorite.
Some demonstrators brought a makeshift guillotine that generated “significant media coverage,” police noted.
This is plausible, as biting Ukrainian winters can make it too cold for men or their supplies to stay in trenches, makeshift dwellings and storage.
Intimate confidences are not only allowed but encouraged in what inevitably becomes a makeshift community center, where problems are aired and solutions are offered whether they’re welcome or not.
In Bogo city, the quake's epicentre, local media reports show body bags lined on the street in front of makeshift hospitals where the injured are being treated.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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