Delay and Meanwhile

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Delay noun - An instance or period of being prevented from going about one's business.

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Meanwhile and delay are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Meanwhile" instead a noun "Delay".

Nearby Words: delayed, delaying, delayer

Meanwhile noun - The time between one event, process, or period and another.

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Delay and meanwhile are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Delay" instead a noun "Meanwhile".

Meanwhile, everyone else in Los Angeles does whatever they can to delay the execution until the victim's daughter can regain consciousness and testify to what actually happened.

Source: The Corpse Stops Here
Meanwhile, Heisenberg is able to delay further development of atomic weapons by having the obvious engineering problems of a V2 rocket with an atomic payload taking a lot of time to solve.

Source: Literature / Third Reich Victorious
Meanwhile Wedge achieved his primary objective—to delay the Vong while what was left of the Republic got itself sorted out and became the Galactic Alliance—albeit at a greater cost than he intended.

Source: Literature / New Jedi Order

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