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
What comes next will depend on whether Bush's turn to diplomacy is a temporary expedient or a sincere strategic shift.
From Time Magazine Archive
Liston's long splint is only employed as a temporary expedient for immobilising the fragments during transport; a Thomas' splint, if available, is better for this purpose.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
