makeshift

The price rally reflects fears of renewed escalation, dwindling oil stockpiles and a makeshift shipping system that remains dangerous and expensive to operate, according to traders and analysts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The script wisely cuts back on some of the book’s cuteness, only sparingly making Jay refer to a makeshift tool by its pet name, “Beaky.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Around him, fans tried to cool themselves by waving makeshift fans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Mygal takes her to the makeshift bed in the bathroom and reads her a story about a night fairy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

A makeshift stage was set up at the south end of the basketball court, closest to the boys’ locker room, where we dressed and waited to perform.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

Afghan refugee and photographer Abdul Saboor poses for Reuters as he takes pictures in a makeshifts migrant camp in Loon-Plage, near Dunkirk, France, December 4, 2021.

From Reuters ● Dec. 8, 2021

Awkward staging makeshifts had to be employed instead, resulting in hundreds of audience members leaving the theatre every night scratching their heads.

From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2013

These two are not makeshifts but attacking bowlers for turning tracks.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 23, 2011

The five weeklies, which do much to mold British intellectual opinion, were forbidden such makeshifts as mimeographed sheets.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the best, these log-houses were poor makeshifts for dwellings in the severe winter weather along the bleak New England coast.

From American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History by Wilbur Fisk Gordy