During the time (that something is happening).
The word "meanwhile" is a correct and usable word in written English. It is typically used in the form of an adverb to mean "during the intervening time" or "at the same time". Example sentence: I went to the store, meanwhile my brother cooked dinner.
Meanwhile, make the sauce.
Meanwhile, Karimov has sought to keep Russia at arm's length.
Meanwhile, here in the west, unchallenged by international courts, Norway, Iceland and Greenland continue whaling.
YouTube, meanwhile, thinks that is only right to count channel video views for videos that are still actually present on the channels - which means that whenever YouTube got round to reviewing the music majors' channels on its site, a massive cut was always going to be in order.
Meanwhile Reg Wilson, who had committed a vile, sadistic murder and been diagnosed as a psychopath, said he believed hope was only for the weak.
Meanwhile Mrs Prada – the living, breathing personification of the word zeitgeist – sent out invitations to view her new collections (notice the plural).
The Turkish government, meanwhile, has enraged Greeks by pledging to step up exports to Russia to fill the gap.
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