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meanwhile

/ˈmiːnwaɪl/ noun B2
  1. The time between two events.

Plural meanwhiles

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“_I_ see!” said the Queen, who had meanwhile been examining the roses.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 61 · B2
Help would soon come, but meanwhile her position was a very uncomfortable one.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 225 · C1
Collins, meanwhile, was meditating in solitude on what had passed.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 130 · B2
The next was in these words:--“‘I do not pretend to regret anything I shall leave in Hertfordshire except your society, my dearest friend; but we will hope, at some future period, to enjoy many returns of that delightful intercourse we have known, and in the meanwhile may lessen the pain of separation by a very frequent and most unreserved correspondence.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 135 · B2

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