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meantime

[meen-tahym] / ˈminˌtaɪm /




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In the meantime, there are already signs that the Eagles are running out of wiggle room.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Accepting that she’ll always be looking toward the end of life’s circle, she’s delighted to fill its contents in the meantime.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

In the meantime, SpaceX has given the AI industry “a much-needed boost,” Windsor wrote in a research note.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

In the meantime, gas and power lines have been shut off to the street, and the road remains impassable by any vehicles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

In the meantime, Haupt took some money out of his money belt and placed $2,500 in a brown envelope.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

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

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

“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

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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