makeshift
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Those sponsored leaflets and postcard mailers that end up as makeshift coasters, mosquito swatters or unread refuse that goes straight from the mailbox into the blue recycle bin.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
Land is already so scarce across the archipelago halfway between Australia and Hawaii that the international airport runway doubles as a makeshift sports field.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
Food was served in a parking lot and a Turkish restaurant was turned into a makeshift office.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
More than 5,000km away a makeshift parade of 30 motorcycles and a minibus will be travelling through the Ghanaian village of Juaben.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
I bit my lip as I looked at the makeshift rock wall the Union soldiers had erected at the top of the hill.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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