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Recent Examples of transitional
It’s meant to help women find comfort and relaxation during this major transitional life stage.
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Ronnie Koenig, SELF, 2 Jan. 2026
Ucg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Novo Nordisk’s shift from a market darling to a serious underperformer has set the stage for a transitional 2026 as the Danish drugmaker fights to regain investor confidence in its weight loss business.
—Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 1 Jan. 2026
The country’s transitional leadership, including President Ahmed al-Sharaa, emerged from armed Islamist factions that relied heavily on foreign fighters and militias, according to regional security assessments.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025
Made of lightweight cotton and polyester blend, this button-down top is ideal for transitional weather.
—Jean Chen Smith, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2025
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Ronnie Koenig, SELF, 2 Jan. 2026
Ucg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Novo Nordisk’s shift from a market darling to a serious underperformer has set the stage for a transitional 2026 as the Danish drugmaker fights to regain investor confidence in its weight loss business.
—Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 1 Jan. 2026
The country’s transitional leadership, including President Ahmed al-Sharaa, emerged from armed Islamist factions that relied heavily on foreign fighters and militias, according to regional security assessments.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025
Made of lightweight cotton and polyester blend, this button-down top is ideal for transitional weather.
—Jean Chen Smith, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transitional
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Kernza is the grain produced from intermediate wheatgrass and was cultivated with the goal of creating a perennial grain for human consumption that would also reduce inputs and labor for farmers while providing environmental benefits.—
Cami Koons,
Iowa Capital Dispatch,
6 Jan. 2026
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Volatility can produce opportunity, and TSLA is a good example of a stock with big intermediate-term swings that traders welcome.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
5 Jan. 2026
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Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, that half of art of which the other is the eternal and immutable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Dec. 2025
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But just like a gardener would never declare their perennials dead just because January looks bleak, good investor behavior recognizes that winter is always transitory.—
Steve Booren,
Denver Post,
21 Dec. 2025
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In contrast, inabit enables customers to pay directly into the merchant’s own self custodial wallet, removing the intermediary step altogether.—
K.H. Koehler,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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For international transfers, these might include platform fees, recipient bank fees or intermediary bank charges if the funds pass through multiple institutions.—
Jason Phillips,
Kansas City Star,
6 Jan. 2026
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The majority of Palestinians live in makeshift tents since their homes were reduced to rubble during the war.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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Above the presidential portraits is gold lettering that matches the new Rose Garden sign, titling the makeshift exhibit.—
Paloma Chavez,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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Tolbert suggested, and Bibb concurred, that the most expedient course would be for the Wings to take over the project’s development.—
Brad Townsend,
Dallas Morning News,
15 Jan. 2026
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For Mesa Grande, the use of these technologies could provide more expedient access to health care, goods movement options and more, while creating new pathways for workforce development, education and transportation.—
Curtis V La Chusa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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But Anna Dorn has a knack for finding characters and relationships that offer a path through these strange and ephemeral moments, in particular in her 2022 novel Exalted, a very funny examination of astrology and social media.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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There are a few million viewers of the late night shows on air and the next day online, sure, but perhaps what is making late night remain relevant for the likes of Swift and the other A-listers who drop by weekly is something more ephemeral.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
19 Dec. 2025
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“Transitional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transitional. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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