Explore Stopgaps through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Stopgaps meaning
plural of stopgap
Using Stopgaps
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of stopgap
Context around Stopgaps
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stopgaps
- In this selection, "stopgaps" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, potential and doesn stand out and add context to how "stopgaps" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include act as stopgaps or buffers and oct 1 stopgaps are needed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "stopgaps" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stopgaps
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They act as stopgaps or buffers for these properties business rates liabilities. (12 words)
It was the fifth such stopgap of the federal fiscal year, which began Oct. 1. Stopgaps are needed when Congress fails to approve a full budget on time by that date. (31 words)
As mentioned above, just because the Steelers addressed the position in free agency and found some potential stopgaps doesn’t mean this isn’t a critical need for the team moving forward. (32 words)
As mentioned above, just because the Steelers addressed the position in free agency and found some potential stopgaps doesn’t mean this isn’t a critical need for the team moving forward. (32 words)
It was the fifth such stopgap of the federal fiscal year, which began Oct. 1. Stopgaps are needed when Congress fails to approve a full budget on time by that date. (31 words)
They act as stopgaps or buffers for these properties business rates liabilities. (12 words)
Example sentences (3)
As mentioned above, just because the Steelers addressed the position in free agency and found some potential stopgaps doesn’t mean this isn’t a critical need for the team moving forward.
They act as stopgaps or buffers for these properties business rates liabilities.
It was the fifth such stopgap of the federal fiscal year, which began Oct. 1. Stopgaps are needed when Congress fails to approve a full budget on time by that date.