How to Use in the meantime in a Sentence
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So where to look for strength in the meantime?
—Jack Sheehan september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
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Staff will need to sleep on cots in the meantime.
—Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
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And in the meantime, rolling over is a non-starter.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026
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Just ask those teams, and in the meantime, take a breath.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
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But in the meantime, these people are left stuck.
—CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
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So much has happened in the meantime.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
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Fair enough — but there was a lot of good music left in the meantime.
—Rolling Stone, 5 July 2026
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What had happened in the meantime?
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
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But what was Schuler to do with Quentin in the meantime?
—Jay Glennie, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
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That role will be held by Michael Cheatham in the meantime.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026
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But that will do little to assuage them in the meantime.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 17 Feb. 2026
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All four people will remain out on bond in the meantime.
—Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
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The two have been remanded to jail in the meantime.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
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And the more lives will be needlessly lost in the meantime.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
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But in the meantime, lives are being lost, both there and also among our- our troops.
—CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
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But in the meantime, lives are being lost, both there and also among our -- our troops.
—CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
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Replacing him, in the meantime, will be tough.
—Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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But in the meantime, there is no denying that the optics here are pretty bad!
—Condé Nast, SELF, 6 Nov. 2023
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But in the meantime, music has its own space for our conference.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Mar. 2026
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Houston had two field goals in the meantime to make it 14-6 at the half.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
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But in the meantime, don’t trust a language model to do a math model’s work.
—James Vincent, The Verge, 24 Mar. 2023
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But in the meantime – and to be fair – the multi-hyphenate star has been busy.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 26 Mar. 2024
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But, for sufferers in the meantime, there is much to learn about ourselves.
—L'oréal Blackett, refinery29.com, 14 June 2023
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And in the meantime, the people picking up the tab, none of us are shedding any tears over it.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2025
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Wedding planning is still in the works, but the bride-to-be has spilled more about her new bling in the meantime.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 29 Dec. 2025
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The city was left to sort out the details, and was sued, in the meantime, by some of the protesters.
—Sacbee.com, 30 Dec. 2025
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So, in the meantime, here is a list of some of their most impressive qualities.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026
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His salary is on Atlanta United’s books in the meantime.
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2025
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The hospital has remained open in the meantime.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
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But, in the meantime, their sale meant giving up a hefty slice of annual revenues.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
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