: made or serving ad interim
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Examples of ad interim in a Sentence
Adjective
will serve as the ad interim CEO until the merger of the two corporations is complete
an ad interim government until the new constitution goes into effect
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Oct. 2023
USA Today, 28 Sep. 2021
Other members of the U.S. delegation, according to the White House, include Raymond Greene, the Chargé d’Affaires ad interim at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, and Marcia Bernicat, senior official for economic growth, energy as well as the environment.
—Melissa Locker, Time, 4 Aug. 2021
The US Embassy in Seoul also lowered flags to honor the shooting victims, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim Rob Rapson said on Twitter.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 19 Mar. 2021
This led the opposition to rally around the president of Venezuela's Parliament, a young lawmaker named Juan Guaidó, who -- according the constitution -- must rule ad interim should the presidency be vacant.
—Stefano Pozzebon, CNN, 7 Dec. 2020
Shawn Morgan will replace him on an ad interim basis for North America.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2020
Moves from chief operating officer FCA Canada Mike Koval, ad interim head of Ram in North America.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2020
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Adverb
The restraint order passed by the respondent pursuant to the ad interim order and the confirmatory order restraining the appellant from functioning as a managing director is set aside.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Oct. 2023
Adjective
Lorenzo de Zavala helped draft the constitution of the Republic of Texas, and his fellow delegates elected him ad interim vice president of the new country.
—USA Today, 28 Sep. 2021
Other members of the U.S. delegation, according to the White House, include Raymond Greene, the Chargé d’Affaires ad interim at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, and Marcia Bernicat, senior official for economic growth, energy as well as the environment.
—Melissa Locker, Time, 4 Aug. 2021
The US Embassy in Seoul also lowered flags to honor the shooting victims, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim Rob Rapson said on Twitter.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 19 Mar. 2021
This led the opposition to rally around the president of Venezuela's Parliament, a young lawmaker named Juan Guaidó, who -- according the constitution -- must rule ad interim should the presidency be vacant.
—Stefano Pozzebon, CNN, 7 Dec. 2020
Shawn Morgan will replace him on an ad interim basis for North America.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2020
Moves from chief operating officer FCA Canada Mike Koval, ad interim head of Ram in North America.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2020
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ad interim
adjectiveˈad-ˈin-tə-rəm, ˈäd-, -ˌrim
: made or serving temporarily or for the time being
an ad interim committee
Etymology
Adjective
Latin, for the intervening time
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