in the interim
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Parties would have 30 days to return any such donations received in the interim once the rules come into force, after which criminal penalties will apply.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
Without a full-time replacement yet, the union is currently being led in the interim by David White, a former chief of SAG-Aftra.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Both countries agreed in the interim to abide by the terms of the uncompleted treaty and it later went into effect.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026
Salehuddin Ahmed, who holds the finance portfolio in the interim government, said the economy had shifted from the "intensive care unit to the high dependency unit".
From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026
The weeks in the interim passed in a sweet, strangled sort of agony.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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