Sentence examples for means for a while from inspiring English sources

The very surprising announcement this morning that Facebook is acquiring Instagram for $1 billion says a lot about the state of the web startup ecosystem and the tech world at large — and no doubt, a large part of the industry (and the blogs that breathlessly cover it) will be analyzing what it all means for a while.

He calls himself "a hobbyist," which means for a while he moved out of the labor force entirely.

Swype for Android's finger-dragging input method goodness has been available to some extent through other means for a while now — some legit, some not quite as legit.

Though Swype has been available on certain Android handsets through unofficial means for a while now, this will be the first Android handset to come with it built in.

Saglit basically means, "for a short while" or "moment".

I mean, for a long while there, BlackBerrys were the smartphones to own and at least part of its appeal hinged on its curiously hardy (well, mostly hardy) messaging system.

David Silver, creator of AlphaGo and its successors, muses on what it means for an AI to exhibit creativity, while Harvard philosopher Sean Dorrance Kelly argues that machine creativity can never substitute for the human variety.

A boy being ever so subtly touched by a girl can have him thinking about her and what it meant for quite a while.

I wrote a piece about " some of my favorite sipping rums -- the dark, aged stuff as opposed to the lighter brands meant for mixing -- a while back for HuffPo.

Most relied on their websites as a means for communication while ringing up most of their sales from tasting rooms.

The work on the Capitol means that, for a while at least, two Washington landmarks will be surrounded by scaffolding.