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in the interim

in the interim prepositional phrase: temporarily, meanwhile.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Temporarily, meanwhile.
    • The office will be closed for a while, but in the interim, you can just email us.
    • And it gets worse. Barcelona will have to pay even more if he is fired in the interim. Last week, TV3 reported that a high severance payment - amounting to a total of about 12m euros - is on the table.2021 September 22, Guillem Balagué, “Barcelona: The toxic battle ripping apart a European giant”, in BBC Sport

Synonyms of in the interim

Questions about in the interim

What does in the interim mean?
In the interim means temporarily, meanwhile.
What part of speech is in the interim?
In the interim is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in the interim in the dictionary

  1. in the hot seat
  2. in the house
  3. in the hunt
  4. in the interest of justice
  5. in the interest of time
  6. in the interim
  7. in the know
  8. in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
  9. in the lap of the gods
  10. in the last analysis
  11. in the lead

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