stopgap

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CoreWeave and other neoclouds risk being treated as stopgap measures until that hyperscaler supply comes online by 2028.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

Any solution you can find to the woes of space is essentially a stopgap measure designed to keep astronauts relatively healthy for six-month stretches.

From Slate • Mar. 1, 2026

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 • Feb. 16, 2026

Speaking to NBC News on Sunday, California Democratic Representative Ro Khanna said he was advocating for his colleagues to vote no on the DHS stopgap funding.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

But our efforts were too little and too late, and could only be a stopgap measure.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela