for the meantime
idiom
: for the present time : until some time in the future
You should continue to take the medicine for the meantime.
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Pittsburgh, for the meantime, is rolling with Justin Fields as QB1.
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Adam Renuart, CNN, 6 Oct. 2024
And for the meantime, effective abatement can destroy quite a lot.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2024
So, for the meantime at least, some places have reverted to health precautions that had been cast aside.
—BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2021
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Adam Renuart, CNN, 6 Oct. 2024
And for the meantime, effective abatement can destroy quite a lot.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2024
So, for the meantime at least, some places have reverted to health precautions that had been cast aside.
—BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2021
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“For the meantime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20the%20meantime. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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