ad hoc
Example Sentences
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Some have been driving pipes into the earth, making ad hoc irrigation systems to combat subterranean fires.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
The tentative deal, known as an Enhanced City Resources Master Agreement, goes before the council’s ad hoc committee on the Olympic Games on Tuesday, then to the full council.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026
This ad hoc demand puzzled the Saudis and other rulers—who consider themselves allied with the U.S. and who are hoping for an end to the war.
From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2026
It took an ad hoc international tribunal that established its own rules to do it.
From Salon ● May 18, 2026
Frank Millet unofficially kept watch over the buildings of the eastern architects during their lengthy absences from the park, lest some ad hoc decision cause irreparable aesthetic damage.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
