Definition of INTERIM

Examples of interim in a Sentence

Noun

there was a brief interim in the proceedings while everyone got organized

Adjective

putting up some students in local motels is obviously just an interim solution to the college's housing shortage will serve as interim head of the police department until the investigation is completed

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

In the interim, his Democratic challenger attended congressional orientation with her fingers crossed. — Kyle Peterson, WSJ, "Lessons From a Republican Survivor," 4 Jan. 2019 In the interim, the FAA has decided to rely on joint company-agency efforts to begin exploring the most promising answers. — Andy Pasztor, WSJ, "FAA Launches Test Program to Speed Up Drone Identification Rules," 30 Dec. 2018 This was Behati's first time on the Victoria's Secret catwalk since 2015, giving birth two to daughters, Dusty Rose and Gio Grace, in the interim. — Marie Claire, "Adam Levine Cheering for Behati Prinsloo Is the Best Moment of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show," 9 Nov. 2018 In the interim, the Department of Transportation has issued a series of guidelines for autonomous driving systems. — Verge Staff, The Verge, "What the new Congress means for space, self-driving cars, and regulating Facebook," 7 Nov. 2018 In the interim, however, the FCC under the leadership of Ajit Pai, whom President Trump appointed as chairman, rolled back the regulations, effectively mooting out the legal battle. — Brent Kendall, WSJ, "Supreme Court Turns Away Challenges to Obama-Era Net Neutrality Rules," 5 Nov. 2018 The biggest competition in ice swimming is the World Championships, which will next be held in March 2019 in Murmansk, Russia, with other competitions scheduled in the interim. — Jenny Mccoy, SELF, "All About Ice Swimming, the Extreme Sport Where Athletes Compete in Sub-Freezing Water," 23 Aug. 2018 Surgery will happen in six days, with steroids to manage the brain swelling in the interim. — Daphne Beal, Vogue, "After One Writer Finds Out She Has a Brain Tumor, She Confronts It Head On," 10 Aug. 2018 In workplaces where interims can be candidates, smart executives prepare these managers for a possible letdown. — Steven P. Dinkin, sandiegouniontribune.com, "The passed-over interim and the outside hire," 10 June 2018

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective

For nearly two months, Square executives Timothy Murphy and Mohit Daswani served as interim finance chiefs. — Peter Rudegeair, WSJ, "Square Chooses Blizzard Entertainment Executive to be New CFO," 3 Jan. 2019 The shootout between a man in a violence-prone Baltimore district and a police officer taking part in a crime suppression initiative has left the officer wounded and the suspect dead Sunday evening, Baltimore's interim police chief said. — Fox News, "Man slain in Baltimore police shootout was paroled this year," 25 Sep. 2018 Since mid-May, Gary Tuggle has served as interim commissioner. — Scott Calvert, WSJ, "Baltimore Mayor Picks New Orleans’s Police Chief to Lead Troubled Force," 8 Jan. 2019 Since becoming interim director of the CFPB in November 2017, Mulvaney, who is also the director of the Office of Management and Budget, has undertaken a number of efforts to roll back the bureau’s role in enforcement and oversight. — Emily Stewart, Vox, "The Trump administration is dismantling financial protections for the military," 14 Aug. 2018 Drone proponents have fretted about those delays, and in the interim both the FAA and industry are pursuing a variety of pilot projects to try to accelerate the process. — Andy Pasztor, WSJ, "FAA Proposes More Commercial Drone Operations at Night and Over People," 14 Jan. 2019 In the Hong Kong case, the arbitrator has already passed down two interim decisions. — Sean O'kane, The Verge, "Federal court freezes Faraday Future CEO’s ownership stake, California mansions," 14 Dec. 2018 Both have been pitching interim plans to the Air Force that wouldn't require a long lead development cycle while helping to beef up the Air Force's air superiority capability much sooner. — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, "Hybrid theory: Lockheed Martin, Boeing pitch upgraded F-22, F-15," 26 Nov. 2018 What would follow was a rapid rise through the ranks, from becoming Timely’s interim editor while still a teenager to contributing to its most popular titles. — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, "Remembering Stan Lee, the Marvel Comics Legend, Dies at 95," 12 Nov. 2018

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