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meanwhile

[meen-hwahyl, -wahyl] / ˈminˌʰwaɪl, -ˌwaɪl /


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His wife, meanwhile, had joined the board of Anglia Television which, in 1994, was the subject of a takeover bid.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Critics of full-body scans, meanwhile, view them as unnecessary, citing low clinical yield and a cascade of follow-up scans.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Google, meanwhile, told AFP in an email that "tree felling activities have been taking place in compliance with Forestry Act requirements" and they "were awaiting further guidance from LVV on this matter."

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

Oklahoma coach Brent Venables, meanwhile, recently raised questions about the job security of John Mateer, the turnover-prone passer earning an estimated $1.5 million to play for the Sooners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Someone, meanwhile, had dug up my senior thesis from Princeton, written more than two decades earlier—a survey that looked at how African American alumni felt about race and identity after being at Princeton.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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