in the meantime

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in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified"

meantime, meanwhile

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a.i.
ad interim
Intercur
interim
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interval
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meanwhile
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In the meantime you can relieve your feelings by cursing the one-man power and the effete monarchies of Europe.

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The white men have in the meantime made a rude stockade on the summit of yonder undulating ground, at the foot of which a stream runs, for it is destruction to be too far from water.

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In the meantime Telegonus, while travelling in search of his father, lands on Ithaca and ravages the island: Odysseus comes out to defend his country, but is killed by his son unwittingly.

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