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stopgap noun alternate, alternative, auxiliary, impermanent fixture, makeshift, means, measure, provisional measure, replacement, reserve, resort, substitution, succedaneum, temporary arrangement, temporary expedient, temporary substitute

See also: expedient, substitute, temporary

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alternate alternative auxiliary expedient impermanent fixture makeshift means measure Opinion of the Supreme Court, March 9, 1964 provisional measure replacement reserve resort substitute substitution succedaneum temporary temporary arrangement temporary expedient			The transfer window is good for nothing except panicking managers into buying players as short-term stopgaps and chairmen into rash decisions. Blame window for exit at Wigan by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Stopgaps may be found to slow the half-century-long decline but, sadly, neither farmers nor policymakers have yet devised a long-term strategy for halting it. Just a Thought by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)			stomach stomachus Stone, Harlan Fiske Stone, Lucy stony stony-hearted stool pigeon stoop stop stop an advance stop and consider Stop and Frisk stop at nothing stop in progress by hindrances stop look and listen Stop Order stop payment Stop Payment Order stop short stop the progress of stop the way stop to consider stop up stop work stopgap stopgaps stopover stoppage Stoppage in Transit Stoppage in transitu stoppage of use stoppage of work stopped Stopped for drunk driving, refused test stopped-up stopper stopping-place stopple storage store store away store in the archives store of knowledge store of provisions store secretly store up storehouse storehouse for safekeeping storeroom Stores storm			Stopcocks Stopcocks Stopcocks STOPD STOPDV stope stope stope stope assay plan stope board stope fillings stope hoist stope pillar stoped stoped stoped stoped stoped stoper stoper Stopes Stopes Stopes Stopes, Marie (Charlotte Carmichael) Stopes, Marie (Charlotte Carmichael) Stopes, Marie (Charlotte Carmichael) Stopes, Marie Carmichael Stopes, Marie Carmichael stopgap stopgap stopgaps Stoph Stoph, Willi STOPHAZ stoping stoping stoping stoping stoping stoping drill stoping ground STOPIT Stopless stoplight stoplight stoplights stoplog Stoploss Order Stoploss Order Stoploss Orders Stoploss Orders Stopmotion stopoff stopover stopover Stopover Paid by Carrier stopovers stopovers STOPP STOPP STOPP

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stopgap (redirected from stopgaps)

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