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Recent Examples of transitional
Text may get treated like a transitional medium, a temporary resting place for ideas.
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Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
This has been a transitional period for the country.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 9 June 2025
The governor’s proposal includes new initiatives such as: $2.1 billion to support full implementation of transitional kindergarten for all California children who turn 4 years old by Sept. 1 of the school year.
—Dave Mason, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025
Many also criticized the transitional government as giving only token representation to women and minorities.
—Arkansas Online, 1 June 2025
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Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
This has been a transitional period for the country.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 9 June 2025
The governor’s proposal includes new initiatives such as: $2.1 billion to support full implementation of transitional kindergarten for all California children who turn 4 years old by Sept. 1 of the school year.
—Dave Mason, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025
Many also criticized the transitional government as giving only token representation to women and minorities.
—Arkansas Online, 1 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transitional
Adjective
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In damp conditions, teams employ intermediate tires, which are grooved to allow drivers to navigate tracks with no standing water, or drying surfaces.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
27 June 2025
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Laws that discriminate on the basis of gender, for example, are typically subject to intermediate scrutiny.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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There’s a transitory nature in a lot of communities, so maybe people don’t feel as invested in them.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
15 June 2025
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Reilly also credits the transitory nature of many residents for making Iowa City so welcoming.—
Diana Lambdin Meyer,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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Reuters could not determine the ownership of the large wallet or the two intermediary wallets that paid into wallets Pavan identified as Slon’s, or whether any were used in other sabotage or espionage cases.—
Mari Saito,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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Those are just intermediary steps that are merely grist for the mill.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Aside from the logistical and legal issues, executive orders and CMMI demonstration projects haven’t proven to be an expedient way of bringing about changes in drug pricing.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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In a video interview, Sophie de Lint, the Dutch company’s director, said co-productions were environmentally necessary, not merely financially expedient.—
A.J. Goldmann,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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Rogen lands a few funny lines, but the jokes mostly serve to distract from the point of the story: that freedom is ephemeral and easily corrupted, while humans are inherently piggish (as opposed to the other way around), seizing the first opportunity to take more than their share.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
9 June 2025
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Episodes of natural selection are sometimes ephemeral, and evidence of them vanishes from our genomes when the selective pressures subside or when populations mix.—
Kermit Pattison,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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“Transitional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transitional. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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