stopgap
stop-gap

But I need him to be the stopgap, if things go wrong.

That was only a stopgap until he came up with a plan.

Earth for a time seemed content with a few stopgaps.

They also said that the agreement was a stopgap and would most likely be changed next year.

Things were bad, and the play in the banks was a stopgap measure at best.

But these solutions seem to be a stopgap measure, at best.

But that move is only a stopgap until a law can be drafted and passed.

Nothing to write Mom about, but a decent stopgap when you need one for a week or two.

It is unclear how long the stopgap measures will be needed.

Various stopgap measures were taken to stop the leaks in 1981.

This would be a stopgap solution until direct election became possible.

But American officials conceded that this was only a stopgap measure.

But I see these only as a stopgap until we can reform the entire health-care system.

"And so other sources of heat suddenly take on new importance, at least for a stopgap."

For now, these three ministries will be run by stopgap acting leaders.

The drugs now used are at best a stopgap measure, not a cure.

And so we signed the free agents to carry us through as a stopgap.

It was not so much a policy as a stopgap of political expediency.

The Senate approved the stopgap measure on a voice vote several hours later.

He was a stopgap, but he is still looking for a job to call his own.

However, it should not be forgotten that these are at best only a stopgap and will remain one.

However, it would take some time to be developed, and a simpler design was looked for as a stopgap.

He said United was probably using the system as a stopgap measure until it could figure out how to offer a broader service.

Local officials have been unable to plan beyond the law's stopgap extensions, each just a few months.