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.

Examples of in the meantime in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Johnson was a late bloomer, waiting for a growth spurt and obsessing over his jump shot in the meantime. —Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 6 July 2025

There are other wellness amenities already available in the meantime. —Mae Hamilton, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2025

The studies necessary to thoroughly test whether the thimerosal in vaccines was toxic could take years; in the meantime, kids could suffer unnecessarily. —Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 25 June 2025

And in the meantime, of course, things did come together and there has been quiet in that region. —Amira El-Fekki‎ john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025

Rhymes for in the meantime

• aforetime
• allozyme
• anytime
• christmastime
• cybercrime
• dinnertime
• guggenheim
• isozyme
• lysozyme
• maritime
• mesenchyme
• overtime