meantime
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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, passengers will have to take longer alternate routes or switch to slower buses.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
While the measure doesn’t entail the permanent closing-off of the Brazilian market, operators will likely have to cease their operations in the meantime, they said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
In the meantime, a temporary exhibition displays highlights of Viking Age archaeological finds at the Museum of Cultural History.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
I thought about talking to Grandma in the meantime, but she’d probably just tell me not to go swimming until an hour after I ate.
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
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.
