in the interim
idiom
: at or during the same time : meanwhile
The regulations are scheduled to go into effect next winter, and in the interim, we'll be working hard to make all of the appropriate changes.
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Whether negotiations taking place with various trading partners in the interim can lead to compromise and, ultimately, trade deals is highly uncertain.
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Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
Only a pair of those have opened in the interim, Bar Amorina and Cerebral Brewing/Outside Pizza.
—Jonathan Shikes, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2025
Our opinion on Oscar Isaac’s scary hotness in Ex Machina has not changed in the interim.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
Rolling back rules will take time, but America’s air quality could worsen in the interim.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2025
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Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
Only a pair of those have opened in the interim, Bar Amorina and Cerebral Brewing/Outside Pizza.
—Jonathan Shikes, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2025
Our opinion on Oscar Isaac’s scary hotness in Ex Machina has not changed in the interim.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
Rolling back rules will take time, but America’s air quality could worsen in the interim.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for in the interim
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“In the interim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20interim. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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