How to Use stopgap in a Sentence

stopgap

noun

• The new law is intended only as a stopgap.
• In some ways, the Ferrari 365GTC/4 served as a stopgap measure.
  — Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 31 May 2022
• Just nine would need to side with Democrats to advance Schumer's stopgap bill.
  — David Sivak, Washington Examiner, 9 Nov. 2023
• It’s expected to take a few weeks just to find a stopgap.
  — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Feb. 2023
• Still, a fractional CFO is more of a stopgap than a cure-all.
  — Anna Mutoh, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2023
• Three years later, the last of those stopgaps are being phased out.
  — Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2023
• Were probably a long shot for Brady, but Carr seems like a good stopgap.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Feb. 2023
• Attaching the aid to the larger stopgap bill could prove perilous for the entire bill.
  — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2022
• Without this stopgap in place, iron is able to seep into the cells along the intestinal wall.
  — Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 25 Mar. 2022
• The House also passed a four-day stopgap measure to give the Senate time to approve the larger package.
  — Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 9 Mar. 2022
• Seems unlikely to return and was more of a stopgap than anything.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 30 June 2022
• The White House issued a statement in support of the stopgap spending bill as the voting took place, applauding the help for Ukraine.
  — Kevin Freking, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Sep. 2022
• As for the return of the A380 the company positions it as happy news, rather than as a stopgap measure.
  — Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 29 June 2022
• The city rented them hotel rooms — meant to be a stopgap — but many remain unable to return home.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2022
• So far, officials say the system is working, but only as a stopgap measure for the next three to four months.
  — Simon Romero, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2022
• The irony is that Johnson pushed forward with the same type of stopgap plan that led to Kevin McCarthy being ousted as speaker.
  — Rachel Scott, ABC News, 14 Nov. 2023
• Is there anything that can be done in such situations as a stopgap?
  — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 30 Nov. 2023
• Congress has just days to pass a new stopgap bill before funding runs out after Nov. 17.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Nov. 2023
• The Senate passes a one-week stopgap to keep government open. ...
  — Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2022
• The statement doesn’t make a stopgap any easier for Johnson to swallow.
  — David Sivak, Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2024
• In a way, beyond being a short-term stopgap, Rondo was an investment in the future.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 12 Feb. 2022
• Caltrans workers made a stopgap fix Friday afternoon and re-striped the highway to add a fourth lane of traffic.
  — Ricardo Cano, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Mar. 2023
• This stopgap bill will shift the deadlines to March 8 and March 22 to give lawmakers more time to pass full-year appropriations bills.
  — Alexandra Banner, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
• McCarthy planned to hold a vote on a Department of Defense spending bill on Wednesday, then the stopgap funding measure the next day.
  — Stephen Groves and Lisa Mascaro, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
• With some conservatives already rebelling against the stopgap bill, Johnson will need help from Democrats to get it through the chamber.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2023
• One approach the industry has turned to as a stopgap is engaging fans on the issue of global warming through play.
  — Lewis Gordon, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2022
• The House ultimately passed the 45-day stopgap spending bill -- sending it to the Senate with hours left before the shutdown deadline.
  — Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2023
• Were Walker to find a new home in free agency this summer, however, Richardson could be used as a one-year stopgap option in that spot.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Mar. 2022
• House legislators are set to vote on the bill before a stopgap funding deal expires on Friday.
  — Rafi Schwartz, The Week, 22 Dec. 2022
• The network is running them as a sort of stopgap measure amid months-long labor strikes by Hollywood’s writers’ and actors’ unions.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 24 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024