temporary expedient
Example Sentences
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Most employers viewed this as a temporary expedient.
From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2022
Whatever his intentions, that agreement proved little more than a temporary expedient until the war in the north was won.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2019
The ECB authorized the temporary expedient last week when it stopped accepting Greek government bonds in return for funding.
From Newsweek ● Feb. 12, 2015
While they risk befouling the air, they are nonetheless a necessary temporary expedient.
From Time Magazine Archive
If some compromise is found necessary, it should be looked upon only as a temporary expedient, and not as a permanent policy.
From Exempting the Churches An Argument for the Abolition of This Unjust and Unconstitutional Practice by James F. Morton. Jr.
