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Noun(1) something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency,temporary help(2) something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency(3) temporary help
Adjective(1) temporarily helping

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(1) transplants are only a stopgap until more sophisticated alternatives can work(2) Even if the situation demands that you do something at the moment, let it be clear to everyone that it is a stopgap measure.(3) The nursery was so oversubscribed there was no space when she needed it, forcing her to find a stopgap at short notice, where Ella had to stay for four months.(4) transplants are only a stopgap until more sophisticated alternatives can work(5) The monarchical institutions established in 1814 were thus no more than a temporary stopgap .(6) However, yesterday, the muddy white sheets were also on their way to the dump after being used as a stopgap measure to hold back the floods.(7) Face it - we've more or less destroyed this planet, and what we need now is a stopgap until the technology exists to move on to the next one.(8) While eating vegetables is the most nutritious way to go, drinking them is a handy stopgap - and far better for your body than grabbing a soda.(9) Their idea for mandatory sales targets to manufacture greener cars is good, but only as a stopgap measure.(10) As a stopgap measure, many companies store passwords for these systems in files like spreadsheets and simple databases.(11) Global moderation was my first stopgap , because the comments were being swamped with adverts.(12) Colchester Council has put in a pump as a stopgap solution, but says the real problem is a wrangle over a blocked drain.(13) The changes are simply a stopgap measure to prop up a program drowning in red ink.(14) Welfare would now be an emergency stopgap between jobs, not a reward that government gives you for being poor for as long as you stay poor.(15) As a stopgap measure, water distribution is being regulated with the flow being turned on at certain times while they look for other solutions to the problem.(16) As a stopgap measure, I used a sanding disc and bevel knife to make the hole bearable to bowl with until I could get my ball fully repaired in the pro shop.
Related Words
(1) stopgap
(2) stop
(3) gap
Synonyms
Noun
2. expedient
3. makeshift
4. substitute
5. stand-in
6. pinch-hitter


Adjective
7. temporary
8. provisional
9. interim
10. pro tem
11. short-term
12. working
13. makeshift
14. emergency
15. caretaker
16. acting
17. stand-in
18. fill-in


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