temporary expedient
Example Sentences
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That arrangement was initially understood by most people involved, including the British government, as a temporary expedient to avoid ethnic and religious conflict.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
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
Here, too, however, it is only a temporary expedient.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
