stopgap

Example Sentences

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A new law in Texas could provide something of a stopgap, Garza said.

From The Wall Street Journal

A limited number of friends and relatives would struggle to provide unpaid stopgap care to aging adults.

From The Wall Street Journal

While the Senate passed a stopgap funding bill to reopen the government Monday, it still has to be voted on in the House.

From Barron's

Thomas Massie of Kentucky has repeatedly voted against such stopgap funding extensions.

From BBC

They settled on a message: No Democratic votes for a stopgap funding measure to keep the government open without Affordable Care Act subsidies.

From Salon