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half measure
noun as in compromise
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Major League Baseball has realized this obvious problem, and it’s settled on a half measure.
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They cited concern about the amount of borrowing against Tesla stock by Musk and other directors and a half measure the board took in response to a shareholder proposal for annual director elections that got majority support in 2021.
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Banning right turns on red seems like a half measure to me.
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He did not say what type of surgery had been performed, describing it as a “half measure.”
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Labour described it as a "half measure" after "years of soaring fares".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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