makeshift
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He nailed several boards together to create a makeshift coffin for the limb.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
Under a makeshift roof offering protection from the monsoon rains, the pair are slowly uncovering the giant neck of a fossil they hope to confirm soon as Thailand's newest dinosaur.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
After the flower is sufficiently “crispy,” she sits at an L-shaped desk overlooking her makeshift garden and coats individual petals with resin up to six times, curing them under a UV light between coats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Lawrence, 29, was recalled after an international absence of almost two years, having averaged 26.84 across 14 previous Tests including a stint as a makeshift opener.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Her foot was still wrapped in its makeshift cast of board and Bubble Wrap, still tangled in cobwebs.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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
In the meantime, regulating drivers and automobiles are the sole makeshifts.
From Time Magazine Archive
But hope and a fixed aim form no bad makeshifts for happiness.
From The Story of Francis Cludde by Stanley John Weyman
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