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: transgender
The Affordable Care Act included trans health care in many places and that was a remarkable step in the right direction for trans people, but in some ways it still remained difficult to receive personalized and comprehensive transgender healthcare.—
Alexa Corazón
Alexa CorazónNote: While the word trans has been used as a shortened version of both transgender and transsexual, the word transsexual is dated and sometimes offensive. The word transgender is preferred.
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chemistry
: characterized by having certain groups of atoms on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of a double bond or of the plane of a ring in a molecule
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genetics
: relating to or being an arrangement of two very closely linked genes in the heterozygous condition in which one mutant allele and one wild-type allele are on each of the two homologous chromosomes compare cis sense 3
1
: on or to the other side of : across : beyond
transatlantic
2
a
: beyond (a specified chemical element) in the periodic table
transuranium
b
: trans
trans-fatty acid
compare cis- sense 2
3
: through
transcutaneous
4
: so or such as to change or transfer
transliterate
translocation
transamination
transship
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Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Capacity increases led to drops in vessel utilization, which declined year-on-year from 100 percent to 91 percent on the trans-Pacific eastbound route, and from 97 percent to 91 percent on Asia-Europe westbound route.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
Fast forward 100 years, and to mark the anniversary of the honeymoon adventure, Mercedes-Maybach PR had the idea of recreating, at least in part, the trans-Alpine adventure.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2025
According to Ring and his family, other students called the teen names and anti-trans slurs.
—Mikelle Street, Them., 31 Oct. 2025
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The aircraft, fueled for the trans-Pacific journey, erupted in a massive fire upon impact, sending dangerous plumes of smoke visible for miles across Louisville and southern Indiana.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Capacity increases led to drops in vessel utilization, which declined year-on-year from 100 percent to 91 percent on the trans-Pacific eastbound route, and from 97 percent to 91 percent on Asia-Europe westbound route.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
Fast forward 100 years, and to mark the anniversary of the honeymoon adventure, Mercedes-Maybach PR had the idea of recreating, at least in part, the trans-Alpine adventure.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2025
According to Ring and his family, other students called the teen names and anti-trans slurs.
—Mikelle Street, Them., 31 Oct. 2025
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“Trans.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trans. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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1
: characterized by or having certain groups of atoms on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of a double bond or of the plane of a ring in a molecule see all-trans
2
: relating to or being an arrangement of two very closely linked genes in the heterozygous condition in which one mutant allele and one wild-type allele are on each of the two homologous chromosomes compare cis sense 2
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