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makeshift <a makeshift; makeshifts> N

makeshift

makeshift
تَعِلّة
makeshift
مُبَرّر
makeshift
حُجّة
makeshift
ذَرِيعَة

makeshift camp

use as an expedient or makeshift VB

use of an expedient or makeshift

Usage examples with makeshift

use as an expedient or makeshift
تَعَلّلَ بِـ
use of an expedient or makeshift
تَعَلّل بِـ

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This modest provisional station, equipped with makeshift facilities, was made up of individual detached buildings and was used only for just under six years.
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Throughout the following months, residents continued to return to the village and build makeshift structures.
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Initially working on different projects out of the same makeshift studio, the two decided to join creative forces.
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Housing shortages, especially in the munitions centers, forced millions of couples to live with parents or in makeshift facilities.
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The old church burned down in 1661 and was given only makeshift repairs.
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A warehouse on base was converted to a shelter for civilians rendered homeless by the quake, with a makeshift dining hall and over 100 beds.
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The antenna used was a simple, single wire antenna strung between two makeshift telephone poles.
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She was buried in a makeshift grave, which her uncles reportedly spat on.
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The primary occupant, skeleton 12, was interred in a seated position and was once enclosed in a makeshift hut.
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The completed section was unofficially used as a makeshift roller skating course, thanks to the wide and leveled roadbed.
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