stopgap

Example Sentences

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But stopgap measures can only go so far.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

Any solution you can find to the woes of space is essentially a stopgap measure designed to keep astronauts relatively healthy for six-month stretches.

From Slate • Mar. 1, 2026

More companies chose a board member to run things day-to-day last year, usually a stopgap move that suggests succession hadn’t gone as planned, Spencer Stuart said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Even if both sides reach a stopgap agreement, experts said the prospects of a long-term arms control treaty remained murky.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

He was succeeded by Gregory XV, an elderly stopgap who himself died in 1623, when things seemed at last to be going better for Galileo.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin