adverb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Jim went to answer the phone. Meanwhile , Pete started to prepare lunch.
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Leave the vegetables to simmer, and meanwhile bring a large pot of water to a boil.
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People keep complaining about the service at hospitals, and meanwhile more and more nurses are losing their jobs.
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They're still working on our bedroom. Meanwhile , we're sleeping out back in tents.
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Three helicopters scanned the area; the soldiers meanwhile were looking into back gardens, dustbins, and under hedgerows.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cromwell, meanwhile , picked up his hat and dusted it off.
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Fisher, meanwhile , is expected to be sentenced to one year in prison for his offenses.
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His reputation as a songwriter meanwhile grew rapidly.
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Miss Honey, meanwhile , was making another decision.
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Payton, meanwhile , took a tumble to the floor and had Mark Bryant fall on him, bruising his back.
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Raskin, meanwhile , insisted that Jobs was incapable of running a successful project.
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The robbers, meanwhile , decided to attack back.
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The United States administration meanwhile came under increasing congressional criticism for its failure to take a position on the situation in Zaïre.