makeshift
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Walking down a makeshift runway in a top-floor studio, a model pulls on a translucent, hooded jacket embedded with LED lights.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
But others shared more makeshift ways they had approached the issue, which are not advised.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
During the hottest hours, many retreat to makeshift huts -- frames of sticks draped with coarse homespun cloth, plastered with wild donkey dung.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
“Well, you could add it to your makeshift lasagna, for health and longevity.”
From Slate • May 6, 2026
“These are old but Nightbeasts won’t care. They love these things. I got them when the Nightbeast rumors started to see if I could lure it into a makeshift cage I made, but...”
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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