as in substitutes
a temporary replacement
when his belt broke, he was forced to use string as a makeshift
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In my West Palm Beach practice, cancer patients who need these skin substitutes instead have open head wounds.
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For 74 minutes, this game was goalless, but part of the joy of World Cups comes from substitutes actually making their mark.
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The risks and challenges of government AI use Broader reports on AI adoption in the government shows a slower adoption story, full of challenges and stopgaps.
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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.
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“Makeshifts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/makeshifts. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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