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• The CEO is currently in a hospital. The CFO is acting CEO in the meantime.From the entry acting
• In the meantime, Tichborne worked himself into a fury about Bahama grass.2023, Zadie Smith, The Fraud, Hamish Hamilton, page 299. From the entry Bahama grass
• To date, AI chatbots have had a rather short MtH (meantime to Hitler) score.2021 July 17th, Elon Musk, “[untitled post]”, in 𝕏 (social networking site). From the entry mth
• In the meantime, you guys just hang tight until we get back with you.2014, Renaldo Martin, Sins Beneath the Cloth, page 190. From the entry hang tight
• Back in Thailand, meantime, the CIA felt relatively little heartburn over the congressional rebuff.2013, Kenneth Conboy, The Cambodian Wars, →ISBN, page 268. From the entry heartburn
• In the meantime, he would lay low—not make waves if he could help it.2012, Jane Dews, The Cuckoo's Song, page 18. From the entry lay low
• In the meantime, it remains unclear whether a nonproteinaceous constituent in wheat also acts as an allergen.2005, Yoshinori Mine, Nutraceutical Proteins and Peptides in Health and Disease, page 418. From the entry nonproteinaceous
• In the meantime, these are the same people who refer to us "merkins".2003 July 11, Larry G, “Re: Another contrastive focus reduplication”, in alt.english.usage (Usenet), message-ID…. From the entry UKGBNI
• In the meantime, tourists looking for a shorthand course in what happens from St.1999 June 26, Mark Lepage, “Finest of the freebies: We offer a sampling of the best bang for no bucks in the festival’s outdoor shows”, in…. From the entry fleur-de-lised
• Meantime, I'll dig up what I can, but if they start fishing again, I start tendering.1998, Dana Stabenow, Killing Grounds, →ISBN, page 103. From the entry tender
• In the meantime the prescriptionist transfers data from the doctor's prescription to the computer.1984, Joaquin Bonal, J. W. Poston, Clinical Pharmacy and Patient Education, →ISBN. From the entry prescriptionist
• In the meantime,” said Kipper, “if I don't get that whisky-and-soda soon, I shall disintegrate.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIV, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC. From the entry restorative
• Meantime, some trains continue to be steam-hauled between Oslo and the frontier.1952 January, “Electrification Progress in Norway”, in RAIL, page 55. From the entry steam-hauled
• In the meantime the Terrestrian and Venerian governments were already preparing vigorously for further inroads.1930 Fall, John Wood Campbell, “Black Star Passes”, in Amazing Stories Quarterly, volume 3, number 4, page 500. From the entry terrestrian
• But you can always depart when you’ve had enough, and in the meantime it’s not bad.1924 July 3, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “To Witter Bynner”, in Aldous Huxley, editor, The Letters of D. H. Lawrence, New York, N.Y.: The…. From the entry irritatingness
• In the meantime save that thirst to quench it in LIQUID SUNSHINE.1919, The Northwestern Druggist: A Progressive Journal for Retail Druggists, Volume 27, page 145. From the entry liquid sunshine
• In the meantime, the wife's parents practically support her and her children.1915, Humane Advocate, page 877. From the entry one's ship comes in
• Meantime, a cotillon had been called for; then followed a jig, in which Proddy and Mrs.1901, William Harrison Ainsworth, The Novels of William Harrison Ainsworth - Volume 5, page 169. From the entry cushion-dance
• Even assuming that superintelligent A.I. is years away, there is still plenty that can go wrong in the meantime.2024 March 18, Andrew Marantz, “О.К., Doomer”, in The New Yorker, page 45. From the entry superintelligent
• In the meantime he will continue to squeeze the Iranian economy until the pips squeak because clearly it is bothering them.2019 September 22, Tim Newark, “Trump strikes right tone in necessary face-off with Iran”, in The Express. From the entry until the pips squeak
• In the meantime, the candidate himself adopted a twinfold strategy.2015, Blaine T. Browne, Modern American Lives, page 323. From the entry twinfold
• In the meantime, the company I was dealing with gave me a loaner chair until mine was returned to me.2014, Arlene Sollis, I Came — I Stayed, page 219. From the entry loaner
• Well in the meantime the battle raged on.2014, John Blais, The Last Showdown at the Dog Food Corral, Xlibris Corporation, page 3. From the entry spicket
• And you keep your day job in the meantime.2012, Jay McInerney, A Hedonist in the Cellar: Adventures in Wine, →ISBN. From the entry shedista
• In the meantime, content yourself with your usual nombrilism.2011 July 11, Nashton, “How the EU "helps" Greece. ECB is raising interest rates to fight inflation!!!!”, in soc.culture.greek (Usenet)…. From the entry nombrilism
• People sympathetic to WikiLeaks, in the meantime, had voluntarily mirrored the website in order to keep it online.2010 December 17, K Vaidya Nathan, “Beware the Streisand effect”, in The Indian Express, The Indian Express Limited, retrieved 29 Oct 2012. From the entry Streisand effect
• In the meantime, Fisher had started to pine for his music, and decided to get a band together.1993, “The Ballad Of Climie Fisher”, in Trouble Over Bridgwater, performed by Half Man Half Biscuit. From the entry out-of-the-way
• In the meantime, we listen to "Vogue" and other remixed B sides of lame-stream artists that have been fashionably house-ified.1990 December, Bob Mack, “Flash: House Music Map of the Western World”, in Spin, →ISSN, page 32. From the entry lame-stream
• In the meantime Ivor had already skated phoneward across the parquetry to hear what Nina Lecerf or some other neighbor wanted.1974, Vladimir Nabokov, Look at the harlequins!. From the entry phoneward
• The chimp meantime is getting kookier and kookier—crazy, man.1962 February, Fran Smith, “On the Screens: Movies and TV”, in Boys' Life, volume LII, number 2, New Brunswick, N.J.: Boy Scouts of…. From the entry kooky
• Nine hens had died in the meantime.1945, George Orwell, chapter VII, in Animal Farm. From the entry coccidiosis
• In the meantime the old man had gotten up and gone out in the yard and began to vomit.1913, The Texas criminal reports, page 8. From the entry sick
• Monday was devoted entirely to final rehearsings, the soloists having arrived meantime, Albani, Brema, Edward Lloyd, and Plunket Green among them.1900, Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. From the entry rehearsing
• In the meantime, SWR staff have warned privately that an acute shortage of rolling stock is looming, because the new trains are not ready.2021 November 3, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Rolling stock concerns as '701s' "not fit for purpose"”, in RAIL, number 943, page 21. From the entry loom
• In the meantime, Hedley’s focus will remain on winning the starting job and speaking to his 16-month-old son, Loki, on FaceTime every night.2019 August 3, Manny Navarro, “No boos for Lou: 26-year-old Aussie punter aims to put the special back into Hurricanes’ special teams”, in…. From the entry Loki
• Meantime I'm not sure I've got the energy to get myself down to the creek for a dip in the all-healing springs.2010, Monte Dwyer, Red in the Centre: Through a Crooked Lens, Monyer Pty Ltd, page 187. From the entry all-healing

Meaning of meantime

1. noun The time spent waiting for another event; time in between.
2. adverb During the interval; meanwhile.

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Questions about meantime in a sentence

How do you use meantime in a sentence?

Meantime is used as a noun and adverb. For example: “We'll come back asap; just wait here for the meantime.”

What is a short sentence with meantime?

“Nine hens had died in the meantime.”

What does meantime mean?

Meantime means the time spent waiting for another event; time in between.