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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The verdicts mean for the meantime, Madyson Moyer, 30, of Munster, will go home. Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025 Pittsburgh, for the meantime, is rolling with Justin Fields as QB1. 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 29 Mar. 2025.

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