Examples of 'stopgap' in a sentence
Meaning of "stopgap"
stopgap (adjective): Used to describe a temporary solution, measure, or substitute that is put in place to address an immediate problem or need, with the intention of being replaced by a more permanent solution in the future
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- That which stops up or fills a gap or hole.
- Something spoken to fill up an uncomfortable pause in speech; a filled pause or filler.
- A short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained; that which serves as an expedient in an emergency; a band-aid solution.
- A person appointed or hired to fill a position temporarily until a permanent appointment or hire can be made; a temp.
How to use "stopgap" in a sentence
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A stopgap to restore diamond inventories to an acceptable level.
That sounds like a good stopgap measure.
Hasty stopgap measures will not fool us.
Trioxin is used in emergency situations as a stopgap measure.
On whatever stopgap state programs were in place.
Hopefully the device is just a temporary stopgap.
Stopgap measures of gathering and processing data.
So we started out thinking this was a stopgap measure.
This is just a stopgap till the pills kick in.
Mobile units have been introduced as stopgap measures.
The stopgap turned into a watershed.
Try to rebuild the stopgap from inside.
This fragmented approach to health is merely a stopgap.
But those fins were stopgap devices only.
As a stopgap till we find a younger man.
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Simply use these remedies as a stopgap measure.
This is a stopgap to keep itself alive.
Twitter live meeting with StopGap company.
You can buy StopGap in our store here.
Tractors were sent in to demolish the stopgap structures.
Stopgap appropriations were also made from.
The government is currently funded by a stopgap continuing.
Containment and stopgap arrangements may buy us some time.
The tonic is merely a stopgap measure.
Stopgap measures will not make a dent in drug addiction.
We have tried every stopgap we have.
The scientists say the amphibian collection is simply a stopgap.
So they are resorting to a stopgap capital increase.
This would be a stopgap solution until direct election became possible.
I can only think of it as a stopgap measure.
This is a stopgap measure at best.
They represent no more than a stopgap.
As a result a stopgap tank was required.
A great result rather than a stopgap.
It was however a stopgap between albums.
Many of you will know StopGap.
These are stopgap measures.
We brought you in here as a stopgap.
Was a stopgap for them.
Some of the ideas seem like stopgap measures.
With a stopgap treatment.
Alternative families as a stopgap solution.
The proposals above are stopgap measures to limit damage in a deteriorating situation.
So we are putting in a pacemaker as a stopgap measure.
It is meant as a stopgap between losing one job and finding another.
Trioxin is used as a stopgap measure.
Think of it as a stopgap arrangement until you get back on your feet.
Engineers designed it to be a permanent heart transplant instead of a stopgap measure.
Recalls are stopgap measures.
It looked like another stopgap.
