stopgap
Example Sentences
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Graham had objected to provisions in the DHS stopgap and to House-passed language repealing an earlier measure that allowed senators to sue the Justice Department if their phone records were seized during past investigations.
From Barron's
Nate Landman punches in: When the Rams signed Landman, it was regarded as another stopgap at inside linebacker, where the Rams under McVay have not invested heavily.
From Los Angeles Times
She was one of only three Senate Democrats who never joined her party’s blockade against a stopgap spending bill—along with King and Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman.
In the immediate term, America needs the equivalent of those retired cops and off-duty sheriffs from 1976—principled leaders who step up as a stopgap for the most urgent challenges.
Meanwhile, inflation figures will be skewed by the agency’s stopgap: Without good data for October, the BLS appears to have penciled in a 0% increase that month.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
