Synonyms for stopgap
ˈstɒpˌgæpstop·gap

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1. makeshift, stopgap, make-donoun

   something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency

   Synonyms:
   make-do, makeshift

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1. List of paraphrases for "stopgap":

   palliative, patch

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1. Yanzhong Huang:

   This is not just a stopgap measure. ( Chinese leaders) hold the view that this pandemic is going to take a while to end, and China is going to continue this strict control of its borders, facilities like this serve as a way to institutionalize the zero-tolerance strategy.

2. Chuck Schumer:

   It must go in a must-pass bill and the only must-pass bill that we see coming down the road between now and March 5 is this [stopgap measure]. So we continue to believe, insist, that it must be in this bill.

3. Dave Long:

   It was definitely a helpful stopgap. Unfortunately, because of the length of what's happened, it really wasn't enough, another round would not just sustain Orangetheory, but fitness brands in general through another wave.

4. Gil Kerlikowske:

   All of these things have kind of been stopgap measures, they have alleviated some of the problem but not stopped the problem.

5. Peter Marks:

   I think we're very much on board with the idea that we simply can't be boosting people as frequently as we are, and I'm the first to acknowledge that this additional fourth booster dose that was authorized was a stopgap measure until we got things in place for the next potential booster, given the emerging data, it was done because of the amount of harm that has come to our older population in the United States with 1 in 100 individuals over the age 65 having died in the past two years of Covid-19, so we need to protect that population.