in the meantime
idiom
1
: during the time before something happens or before a specified period ends
The new computers won't arrive until next week, but we can keep using the old ones in the meantime.
2
: while something else is being done or was being done
She spent four years studying for her law degree. In the meantime, she continued to work at the bank.
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Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2025
Magistrate Judge David Keesler gave Heather Morrow and William Stanley unsecured $25,000 bonds in the meantime.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 18 Dec. 2025
But in the meantime, what a lesson in false limits.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
She is being held in the Oakland County Jail, in the meantime, deputies said.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2025
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Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2025
Magistrate Judge David Keesler gave Heather Morrow and William Stanley unsecured $25,000 bonds in the meantime.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 18 Dec. 2025
But in the meantime, what a lesson in false limits.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
She is being held in the Oakland County Jail, in the meantime, deputies said.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2025
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“In the meantime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20meantime. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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