as in substitutes
a temporary replacement
when his belt broke, he was forced to use string as a makeshift
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Noun
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This is the way authoritarianism substitutes for democracy – slowly and incrementally, until the whole system suddenly tips over.—
Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
2 June 2026 -
Engineers had to come up with their own substitutes for some of the basic tools that other developers use to store code, launch websites, and set up servers.—
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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Both Salisbury and Schuster see the LCS as primarily stopgaps for the Navy, likely to give way to a new generation of frigates that was announced last December.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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The morning appetite is a different animal from its midday and evening counterparts; there is no growing anticipation, no gradual negotiation, no consideration of snacks or other stopgaps.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026
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“Makeshifts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/makeshifts. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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