stopgap
Example Sentences
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Any surprise intervention by the Japanese government to prop up the yen is likely nothing more than a stopgap measure to buy time, said Kenta Tadaide, chief currency strategist at Daiwa Securities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
“It was meant to be a three-year stopgap until we came up with something better,” he said.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
The Qatari-gifted plane is meant to be a stopgap until US planemaker Boeing delivers two new 747-8 aircraft to serve as the presidential jet in a program plagued by delays and cost overruns.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 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
The Summer Session—a few dozen boys being force-fed education, a stopgap while most of the masters were away and most of the traditions stored against sultriness—the Summer Session was over.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
