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Recent Examples of transitional
Those who live in the mission’s transitional apartments must attend church regularly.
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Idaho Statesman, 11 Sep. 2025
His collection explored the intersection of bedtime narratives, memory and that transitional state between wakefulness and sleep, translating stories into wearable forms that reflect the blurred lines between reality and dreams, tradition and innovation, and past and future.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images An insurgency was launched by Boko Haram in 2009 to establish a caliphate in Nigeria and the broader Sahel (the semi-arid transitional zone between the Sahara and savannas), with several other terrorist groups also active in the region.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The current transitional government is supposed to be working toward the country’s first general elections since 2016.
—Johnny Fils-Aimé, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
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Idaho Statesman, 11 Sep. 2025
His collection explored the intersection of bedtime narratives, memory and that transitional state between wakefulness and sleep, translating stories into wearable forms that reflect the blurred lines between reality and dreams, tradition and innovation, and past and future.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images An insurgency was launched by Boko Haram in 2009 to establish a caliphate in Nigeria and the broader Sahel (the semi-arid transitional zone between the Sahara and savannas), with several other terrorist groups also active in the region.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The current transitional government is supposed to be working toward the country’s first general elections since 2016.
—Johnny Fils-Aimé, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transitional
Adjective
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The intermediate stage is known as ENSO-Neutral, when neither La Niña nor El Niño are present.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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This marks a bullish reversal, and the new uptrend is supported by positive intermediate-term momentum per the weekly MACD indicator.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Some of the behavior of the economy in the 2nd quarter was anticipatory, and transitory.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Since Rahm Emanuel left office after two terms as Chicago mayor, this city has grown the size of its government even as its leaders knew federal aid was transitory and the exorbitant bill to shore up Chicago’s underfunded pensions only would grow for the foreseeable future.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Without intermediary markups and administrative complexities, direct-to-consumer channels can offer substantial savings.—
Ge Bai,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Another is by supplying electronic components to Russian weapons via intermediary trade routes.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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In six months, the site has grown from 600 people fleeing gang attacks in nearby Delmas 30 to 5,000 people from all over the capital, sheltering in packed government offices and makeshift shacks.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
15 Sep. 2025
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When the comics got on the makeshift stage, hardly anyone was even looking at us.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Buying from Rheinmetall looks politically expedient.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Fighting over market share with Volkswagen and Ford isn’t an expedient way to colonize Mars.—
Patrick George,
The Atlantic,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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For two days, climbers and onlookers gathered around a 45-foot wall—an ephemeral monument suspended above water—where the edges between sport, spectacle, and cultural communion blurred.—
Skylar Mitchell,
Essence,
9 Sep. 2025
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Stage acting is the most ephemeral of the classical performing arts.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Transitional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transitional. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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