Word: ad-hoc
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...What is really unique about this show is its ad-hoc nature—how quickly it was thrown together,” Rubins said...
According to Brzezinski, legitimate organizations such as NATO should replace ad-hoc coalitions, which represent alliances based on “expediency and sometimes manipulation...
...Summers continues to paint the prospect of an undergraduate campus in Allston as mere speculation, the fact that it remains on the table as a possibility means that current undergraduates should take a keen interest in developments across the River. While recent developments such as the creation of several ad-hoc student-faculty committees shows that the administration is at least trying to consult students, it has yet to be seen if these committees will be listened to and their recommendations made into visible change. Until then, students should not be surprised to read about more bombshells, such...
...down instructions as I wrestled our satellite dish into place, adjusted it to compensate for the somewhat ‘untraditional’ orientation of Currier House with respect to the cardinal directions and fastened it to the mortar of the courtyard’s retaining wall with some ad-hoc combination of wood chips, nails and twist-e-ties. Incidentally, due to some quirk of 1970s architecture, Currier House carries its own magnetic charge, rendering a compass useless (though still cool-looking) and further complicating my project...
...head of the “Cox Commission,” an ad-hoc panel on judicial reform, he made recommendations for the restructuring of Massachusetts state courts...