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meantime

[meen-tahym] / ˈminˌtaɪm /




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In the meantime, he has one last piece of Musk-related business, once the PR push for “Musk” is over: He plans to cancel his X account.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

In the meantime, if everyone remains vigilant and ready, we should make it safely to January.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026

In the meantime, the focus now switches back to Belfast High Court, for an appeal hearing on Monday.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

In the meantime, the trade-policy question mark has ensured that the U.S. has abundant supplies of a critical metal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

In the meantime, I was working on calculations for two different possible orbits for the first manned trip to the moon.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

In the meantimes I will steal a visit now and then to my mother, who spends the autumn in the neighbourhood.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction by Arthur Mee

“Yes, sir; and meantimes, there is some crackers and cheese and sweetmeats, and likewise a bottle of port wine, in the cart, as you left in the chapel when you went away.”

From Cruel As The Grave by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

He could not even read the newspapers; he stayed at home two days from business; he worked early and late, and walked up and down, throbbing, meantimes.

From Turns about Town by Robert Cortes Holliday

In the meantimes, however, they lead more rational lives, and justice is properly administered.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr




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