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Recent Examples of transitional
For example, my comfy trousers and a cashmere wrap are travel-friendly transitional weather essentials.
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Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2026
Just as knits, outerwear, and other transitional staples get stashed away into bins and storage units, loafers are traded for easy, breezy flip-flops, classic sandals, loafers—and now the soft ballet flat.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 3 June 2026
Children typically only wear diapers during a transitional phase that coincides with their development of speech and movement, their first forays into social engagement.
—Theo Belci, Artforum, 2 June 2026
The event has raised more than $800,000 to serve more than 8,000 female veterans and provide more than 17,000 days of transitional housing assistance, its website states.
—Hope Hodge Seck, USA Today, 2 June 2026
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Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2026
Just as knits, outerwear, and other transitional staples get stashed away into bins and storage units, loafers are traded for easy, breezy flip-flops, classic sandals, loafers—and now the soft ballet flat.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 3 June 2026
Children typically only wear diapers during a transitional phase that coincides with their development of speech and movement, their first forays into social engagement.
—Theo Belci, Artforum, 2 June 2026
The event has raised more than $800,000 to serve more than 8,000 female veterans and provide more than 17,000 days of transitional housing assistance, its website states.
—Hope Hodge Seck, USA Today, 2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transitional
Adjective
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Peak cooling efficiency is typically reached at intermediate speed, so there isn't a reason to have the ceiling fan set as fast as possible.—
Timothy Dale,
The Spruce,
6 June 2026
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Wide receiver Jalen Coker had the best day among receivers on Tuesday, making plays mostly in the short-to-intermediate pass game.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 2026
Adjective
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Christopher Thornberg, founding partner at Beacon Economics, believes the higher inflation numbers are a transitory (temporary) shock, and not a sustained one.—
Jeff Lazerson,
Oc Register,
26 May 2026
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Parikh sees risks of transitory margin headwinds relating to fuel contributing to a modest shortfall in Costco's earnings per share.—
Liz Napolitano,Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
Adjective
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That can reduce certain intermediary risks.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Meanwhile, cheaper intermediary goods from China helped boost manufacturing productivity, resulting in a 50% increase in real manufacturing value added from 2001 to 2024.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
10 May 2026
Adjective
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Laurence, 41, a former ambulance worker, fashioned a makeshift sling for his new wife, and the couple remained at the celebration for the rest of the evening.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
6 June 2026
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More than 3,000 people died in 2025 trying to reach the Canary Islands, often in makeshift dinghies, according to the NGO Caminando Fronteras.—
Joshua McElwee,
USA Today,
6 June 2026
Adjective
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The payoff for that patience has been a partnership built on aligned values rather than expedient money—which, in a sport where funding directly determines your competitiveness, matters more than almost anything else.—
Jasmine Browley,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Further, these programs give big companies an expedient, cost-effective way to learn about emerging technologies and benefit from diverse sources of innovation, without the investment required to build each one internally.—
Serguei Netessine,
Fortune,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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They're laid, each fall, in ephemeral ponds; on dry mounds, like the one Dahrouge is circling, that should be inundated by winter's rains.—
Nathan Rott,
NPR,
27 May 2026
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Even though physical connection is important, partners have to temper this with the knowledge that beauty, novelty and infatuation are inherently ephemeral.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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“Transitional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transitional. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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