temporary expedient
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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
An opportunist in an opportunists' market, Darlan had emerged as more than a "temporary expedient" useful to Allied invasion forces.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It might excusably be adopted as a temporary expedient to meet a pressing crisis, but as a permanent system it can only prove detrimental to the country and the currant growers themselves.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various