in the interim

idiom

: at or during the same time : meanwhile
The regulations are scheduled to go into effect next winter, and in the interim, we'll be working hard to make all of the appropriate changes.

Examples of in the interim in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Schmitt had been playing all over the infield for the River Cats, mostly ceding shortstop to Luciano except once or so a week, and offers Melvin more positional flexibility in the interim. Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024 Bove argued that, whatever Trump said in 1999 about his knowledge of campaign finance laws doesn't prove something relevant about his knowledge in 2017, because there were extensive changes to those laws in the interim. Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024 How is the team preparing with potentially so much downtime in the interim? Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 1 May 2024 Federal agencies are currently writing a new plan, and using a temporary agreement in the interim. Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 8 Apr. 2024 The problem, of course, is what happens in the interim, as cases like Cox’s and Zurawski’s surface. Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2024 This person noted that in the interim, Slack’s product strategy will be jointly led by Slack CEO Denise Dresser and CTO Parker Harris, who is also a Salesforce cofounder. Kylie Robison, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024 What can be done? Barahona thinks there should be more subsidized affordable housing, and more Safe Grounds to help people in the interim. Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 6 Feb. 2024 Patients who typically sought care at the clinics are encouraged to go Saint Alphonsus’ nearby urgent-care clinics in the interim. Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 1 Apr. 2024

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“In the interim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20interim. Accessed 29 May. 2024.

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