Meanwhile
adverb
An action or event happening at the same time as something else.
He was studying for his exam, meanwhile, his brother was playing video games.
Often appears as...
- in the meanwhile
- for meanwhile
adverb
An action or event happening at the same time as something else.
He was studying for his exam, meanwhile, his brother was playing video games.
Often appears as...
- in the meanwhile
- for meanwhile
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Pro Tip 1/3Time Overlap
Indicates when two events occur in parallel, but doesn't imply they're related.
I cooked dinner; meanwhile, my roommate was watching TV.
Pro Tip 2/3Transition Signal
Serves as a transition between two narrative points, often shifting focus.
She was late to the party; meanwhile, the guests had started eating.
Pro Tip 3/3Contrasting Scenes
Highlights a contrast between two simultaneous situations, for dramatic effect.
The city rejoiced the festival; meanwhile, the outskirts remained silent.
Pro Tip 1/3Time Overlap
Indicates when two events occur in parallel, but doesn't imply they're related.
I cooked dinner; meanwhile, my roommate was watching TV.
Pro Tip 2/3Transition Signal
Serves as a transition between two narrative points, often shifting focus.
She was late to the party; meanwhile, the guests had started eating.
Pro Tip 3/3Contrasting Scenes
Highlights a contrast between two simultaneous situations, for dramatic effect.
The city rejoiced the festival; meanwhile, the outskirts remained silent.
Pro Tip 1/3Time Overlap
Indicates when two events occur in parallel, but doesn't imply they're related.
I cooked dinner; meanwhile, my roommate was watching TV.
Pro Tip 2/3Transition Signal
Serves as a transition between two narrative points, often shifting focus.
She was late to the party; meanwhile, the guests had started eating.
Pro Tip 3/3Contrasting Scenes
Highlights a contrast between two simultaneous situations, for dramatic effect.
The city rejoiced the festival; meanwhile, the outskirts remained silent.
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How does your body...
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Would you sacrifice one...
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The reality constructed...
you can make healthy life and is pounding juices and organics etc meantime suddenly all over the city it seems people are going back to eating traditional vegetables people who turn their back on they're all back and all kinds of health foods from weird a
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such as heart disease and insulin resistance. Meanwhile, stress hormones affect immune cells in a variety of ways. Initially, they help prepare to fight invaders and heal after injury, but chronic stress can dampen function of some immune cells,
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put their noses right at the place they want to smell. Human noses, meanwhile, are casting around in the middle of the air, giving us an anatomical disadvantage. So bring your nose close to the world around you. The ground, surfaces, objects,
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Why do some people go...
the activity of these cells to encourage follicles to start producing hair again. And in the meantime, while scientists hone their hair-reviving methods, anyone going bald, or considering baldness, can remember that they're in great company.
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Explaining the Tree of...
diversified into myriad folders meanwhile back in the seas those creatures were the stiffening rod in their bodies had strengthened it by encasing it in bone a skull developed with a hinged jaw that could grab and
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The psychology of...
Many do it for very positive reasons, like reaching their full potential, or helping make people's lives better. But narcissistic individuals seek power for the status and attention that goes with it. Meanwhile, vulnerable narcissists can be quiet and reserved. They have a strong sense of entitlement,
Video examples
How does your body...
Genetics, age, diet, disease, and even pregnancy influence the body's efficiency of processing medicine. Some day, routine DNA tests may be able to dial in the precise dose of medicine personalized to your liver efficiency and other factors, but in the meantime, your best bet is reading the label
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Would you sacrifice one...
But new technology is making this kind of ethical analysis more important than ever. For example, driver-less cars may have to handle choices like causing a small accident to prevent a larger one. Meanwhile, governments are researching autonomous military drones
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The reality constructed...
you can make healthy life and is pounding juices and organics etc meantime suddenly all over the city it seems people are going back to eating traditional vegetables people who turn their back on they're all back and all kinds of health foods from weird a
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How stress affects your...
such as heart disease and insulin resistance. Meanwhile, stress hormones affect immune cells in a variety of ways. Initially, they help prepare to fight invaders and heal after injury, but chronic stress can dampen function of some immune cells,
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How to master your sense...
put their noses right at the place they want to smell. Human noses, meanwhile, are casting around in the middle of the air, giving us an anatomical disadvantage. So bring your nose close to the world around you. The ground, surfaces, objects,
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Why do some people go...
the activity of these cells to encourage follicles to start producing hair again. And in the meantime, while scientists hone their hair-reviving methods, anyone going bald, or considering baldness, can remember that they're in great company.
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Fred Jansen: How to land...
And they then become the comets as we see them in the sky. The important thing here to note is that in the meantime, the four and a half billion years, these comets have been sitting on the outside of the solar system, and haven't changed --
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Explaining the Tree of...
diversified into myriad folders meanwhile back in the seas those creatures were the stiffening rod in their bodies had strengthened it by encasing it in bone a skull developed with a hinged jaw that could grab and
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AIDS 101 PIPE National...
In the meantime, advancements in biotechnology plus increased awareness, prevention and access to health care are saving many lives and they hold the key to finally exterminating the disease.
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Mike Mills
American Musician
Films are tricky because for years you're getting told you're about to make it and you're about to be busy for four or six months or you're about to be on tour for press. But these things tend not to happen, and meanwhile you've said 'no' to many things 'cause you thought you were going to be busy, for years, for years this happens.
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Samir Nasri
French Athlete
Mentally, I'm really strong, but for maybe the first time in my life, I cried about my career because I thought it was over. When you've been out for a year, and you think it's over, you think completely differently after that. I was just looking on TV, and I wasn't able to train, and in the meantime, I had a son.
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Angelina Jolie
American Actress
I want to support other women because of the opportunities I've had - and I've had a lot of opportunities. What I try as a female director is to do the best job I can and, in the meantime, bring attention to as many other female directors and writers as I can.
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Kate Klise
American Author
I want to give kids that fall-off-the-bed-laughing feeling. Either that, or the sixth-grade feeling that life is hard - sometimes unbearably hard - and it is ultimately about death. But in the meantime, life can be really funny, too.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar
American Actress
Absolutely. It's something I'd eventually love. In the meantime, I just borrow all my friends' kids. It's seriously the best birth control in the world. I'm so tired afterward, I'm like, Okay, maybe in another two years.
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Cher
American Musician
A girl can wait for the right man to come along but in the meantime that still doesn't mean she can't have a wonderful time with all the wrong ones.
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Sam Altman
American Businessman
AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there'll be great companies.
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Isaac Asimov
American Scientist
Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all time low over the world.
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Helen Reddy
Australian Actress
I was looking for a husband, but meanwhile to survive, I had to work.
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Virgil
Roman Poet
But meanwhile time flies; it flies never to be regained.
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Mike Mills
American Musician
Films are tricky because for years you're getting told you're about to make it and you're about to be busy for four or six months or you're about to be on tour for press. But these things tend not to happen, and meanwhile you've said 'no' to many things 'cause you thought you were going to be busy, for years, for years this happens.
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Samir Nasri
French Athlete
Mentally, I'm really strong, but for maybe the first time in my life, I cried about my career because I thought it was over. When you've been out for a year, and you think it's over, you think completely differently after that. I was just looking on TV, and I wasn't able to train, and in the meantime, I had a son.
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Angelina Jolie
American Actress
I want to support other women because of the opportunities I've had - and I've had a lot of opportunities. What I try as a female director is to do the best job I can and, in the meantime, bring attention to as many other female directors and writers as I can.
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Kate Klise
American Author
I want to give kids that fall-off-the-bed-laughing feeling. Either that, or the sixth-grade feeling that life is hard - sometimes unbearably hard - and it is ultimately about death. But in the meantime, life can be really funny, too.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar
American Actress
Absolutely. It's something I'd eventually love. In the meantime, I just borrow all my friends' kids. It's seriously the best birth control in the world. I'm so tired afterward, I'm like, Okay, maybe in another two years.
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Cher
American Musician
A girl can wait for the right man to come along but in the meantime that still doesn't mean she can't have a wonderful time with all the wrong ones.
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Sam Altman
American Businessman
AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there'll be great companies.
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Isaac Asimov
American Scientist
Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all time low over the world.
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Helen Reddy
Australian Actress
I was looking for a husband, but meanwhile to survive, I had to work.
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Virgil
Roman Poet
But meanwhile time flies; it flies never to be regained.
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