stopgap

Example Sentences

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More companies chose a board member to run things day-to-day last year, usually a stopgap move that suggests succession hadn’t gone as planned, Spencer Stuart said.

From The Wall Street Journal

What was once a Depression-era stopgap, then a wartime necessity, has become a pillar of the moviegoing experience and the film business itself.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From BBC

The legislation aims to keep the federal government open through September while allocating stopgap funding for the Department of Homeland Security, as negotiations continue over that department’s budget.

From MarketWatch

The package passed by the Senate aims to keep the government open through September while allocating stopgap funding for the Department of Homeland Security as negotiations continue over the department’s budget.

From MarketWatch