stopgap

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Tra Jones, general manager of the new amphitheater and a Long Beach native, said he’s striving to make it feel less stopgap and utilitarian than FivePoint.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

But stopgap measures can only go so far.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

Even if both sides reach a stopgap agreement, experts said the prospects of a long-term arms control treaty remained murky.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

Reports like that are helpful as a stopgap but can’t replace the government’s efforts to gather data that cover the whole economy, UBS economist Alan Detmeister said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

Either way, we were well past the point of any sort of stopgap treatment.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama