stopgap
Example Sentences
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“The yen interventions are just stopgap measures,” said Eric Wallerstein, chief market strategist at Clocktower Group.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
“It was meant to be a three-year stopgap until we came up with something better,” he said.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
Yet this is only a stopgap in addressing the larger problem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Tra Jones, general manager of the new amphitheater and a Long Beach native, said he’s striving to make it feel less stopgap and utilitarian than FivePoint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
As a stopgap measure, while he searched for a female, Father thought of seeing if Peak couldn’t be accustomed to living with goats.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
