stopgap
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"This budget will largely be a stopgap that will tide the government over before a more significant policy overhaul in 2027," said Alexander Harvey, UK economist at Oxford Economics.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
“The yen interventions are just stopgap measures,” said Eric Wallerstein, chief market strategist at Clocktower Group.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
The Senate passed the stopgap spending bill last month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
“It was meant to be a three-year stopgap until we came up with something better,” he said.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
Either way, we were well past the point of any sort of stopgap treatment.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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