makeshift
Example Sentences
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A small, makeshift rink sectioned off by barricades was stationed in the corner, and the glam bar was closed down by the second day of the event.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Unless an airfield was available, a makeshift one would need to be set up to bring equipment in and take the nuclear material out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
For transgender students at a makeshift tea stall in New Delhi -- many of whom have not even come out to their families -- the implications feel overwhelming.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
But he has been a cipher when it comes to the administration’s military “excursions,” as Trump calls them, and has reportedly even been exiled from the makeshift Mar-a-Lago situation room.
From Salon • Mar. 16, 2026
She goes over to our desk, which we’re using as our makeshift kitchen, and opens the drawer.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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