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- noun Plural form of
stopgap .
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Examples
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Our View: The Chiefs added Mike Vrabel and Zach Thomas to fill their holes at linebacker, but will only be short-term stopgaps, and the club should really consider taking Curry, who is considered the best defensive player in the 2009 draft class.
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Even worse, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner are creating short-term stopgaps instead of long-term solutions in a worrisome case of "short-termism," he added.
Forbes.com: News 2009
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Such stopgaps, with their distinct whiff of protectionism, are becoming everyday in Brazil.
Beware the Emerging Consensus Liam Denning 2011
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The Yankees' rotation at the moment has one elite starter (CC Sabathia), one unpredictable starter (A.J. Burnett) and two veterans whom the Yankees signed in spring training as stopgaps (Freddy Garcia and Bartolo Colon).
Hughes, Yankees Manage to Not Beat Seattle Mike Sielski 2011
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Thus, in civil service hiring, we should use colorblind standardized tests rather than the rather woozy collections of stopgaps we have today.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Affirmative Action and Racial Profiling Revisited 2010
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He has been one of Galaxy Coach Bruce Arena's favorite stopgaps this season, filling in all over the field—he even spent most of one game as an emergency goalkeeper.
Tempers Flare as Red Bulls Lose First Leg to Galaxy Joshua Robinson 2011
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So began a way of life that he came to know as foster care, a world of in-betweens and stopgaps that brought six moves and inevitable questions about how to get beyond hurt and want and poverty.
Former foster kid overcame odds, with help from many friends, to earn law degree 2010
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So began a way of life that he came to know as foster care, a world of in-betweens and stopgaps that brought six moves and inevitable questions about how to get beyond hurt and want and poverty.
Former foster kid overcame odds, with help from many friends, to earn law degree 2010
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There are, however, stopgaps in the slippery slope of this intestinal disorder.
What's The Most Surprising Stress Symptom? Chaniga Vorasarun 2010
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Their counterproposal calls on the city to raise dog license fees and pass out more parking tickets, among other gimmicks and stopgaps.
Mickey Kaus for Senate: a campaign taking on union power Charles Lane 2010
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