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Recent Examples of transitional
Candinas will take over executive management of the Swiss company, with Giger remaining in place as co-managing director for a transitional period.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 19 Mar. 2026
There was little controversy about how long a college athlete could remain a college athlete, since college is a transitional period from adolescence into adulthood.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026
The city spends approximately $2 million per year on the team, including personnel costs, contracts for the four navigators, cleanup crews, the transitional home, hotel vouchers and other operational costs, according to Maria Kniestedt, a spokesperson for the city.
—Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 16 Mar. 2026
This season has been transitional.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 19 Mar. 2026
There was little controversy about how long a college athlete could remain a college athlete, since college is a transitional period from adolescence into adulthood.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026
The city spends approximately $2 million per year on the team, including personnel costs, contracts for the four navigators, cleanup crews, the transitional home, hotel vouchers and other operational costs, according to Maria Kniestedt, a spokesperson for the city.
—Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 16 Mar. 2026
This season has been transitional.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transitional
Adjective
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Tehran fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at the base in the Chagos Islands, a remote British overseas territory located more than 2,000 miles from Tehran, Iran’s semiofficial Mehr news agency reported on Saturday.—
Freddie Clayton,
NBC news,
21 Mar. 2026
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Iran launched intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia, a joint US-UK military base, Friday morning local time, according to a US official.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
21 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Assuming the conflict is resolved over the coming weeks, the spike in oil will likely prove transitory, with Brent trading back down to the forward curve strip price of around $65, according to Chris Senyek at Wolfe Research.—
Bloomberg Wire,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Mar. 2026
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At least some traders now seem to be treating tariff talk as a transitory headline risk rather than the start of a lasting policy shift.—
Tracy Alloway,
Bloomberg,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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In this case, the VIP customer was a 38-year-old Chinese woman who sent nearly $200 million of the stablecoin Tether to an intermediary wallet, which then relayed the funds to Entity A between November and December 2024.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
12 Mar. 2026
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Whatever the cause, intermediary bites and sips make up a growing portion of Americans’ daily consumption, especially among young people, as my colleague Ellen Cushing wrote in 2024.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The curtains opened to reveal a makeshift onstage ghetto, mirroring the mixtape cover.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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And photos and videos after the storm showed undernourished Cubans, men, women and children dressed in rags and people barely managing in makeshift homes.—
David Goodhue
March 16,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This is the logical, expedient, correct thing to do.—
Barbara Sprunt,
NPR,
24 Mar. 2026
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Their partnership was vital to Tatum’s expedient process.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Each pseudo-scoop is as ephemeral as a mayfly.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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This was in October of 1983, and like so many ephemeral New York bars, Prescott’s on Greenwich Street is now long gone.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Transitional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transitional. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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