transitional

adjective

Definition of transitionalnext
as in intermediate

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Recent Examples of transitional Once open, the program will provide transitional housing and on-site services to people who are chronically homeless and struggling with drug addiction, mental health or all types of disabilities. — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 25 June 2026 Speaking of summer must-haves, the Evaless Zip-Up Pullover is the quintessential pick for tricky transitional weather. — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 25 June 2026 Wind moves through shaded transitional spaces designed to encourage cross ventilation. — Mona Basharat, Architectural Digest, 25 June 2026 That will come with a transitional choice between straight-six and all-electric power. — New Atlas, 21 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for transitional
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transitional
  1. intermediate
  2. transitory
  3. intermediary
  4. makeshift
  5. expedient
  6. ephemeral
Adjective
  • The under-13 50/70 intermediate team will compete in the Southwest Region tournament Sunday, July 19, through July 24 in Sugar Land.
    — Cal Phillips July 17, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 July 2026
  • Southeast Asia contributes just 6% of global intermediate manufacturing, compared with 15% for China.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Definition of intermediate
Adjective
  • On the National Mall this week, Freedom 250 signs pointed visitors toward temporary state pavilions, a Ferris wheel and mobile, transitory history exhibits.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 3 July 2026
  • In June of that year, as the Fed pivoted off its transitory-inflation stance, the team used its quarterly investor call to lay out the changes coming to its investment and property management approach.
    — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 25 June 2026
Definition of transitory
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  • Martino used the intermediary chat tab to provide confidential information about clients.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
  • An intermediary introduces parties and earns a trade fee on the connection.
    — Krutarth Shah, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of intermediary
Adjective
  • Eileen Tyrrell, a 27-year-old bookseller, pulled the cushions off her couch to arrange makeshift seating in her Brooklyn apartment.
    — Grey Battle, Washington Post, 16 July 2026
  • In the clip, Honey is seen sitting on Jenner’s lap on a boat together and jumping into a makeshift pool on the beach as Jenner watches her.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
Definition of makeshift
Adjective
  • To avoid causing voters financial pain, lawmakers may try to take the more politically expedient path by allowing Social Security and Medicare to tap general revenue that funds other parts of the federal government.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 June 2026
  • 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
Definition of expedient
Adjective
  • How his work embraces the ephemeral, how that is expressed in pieces made to last much longer than a season.
    — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • And most ephemeral but perhaps most affecting were the shows that say something about our country and culture through their nuanced and often allegorical storytelling.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 June 2026
Definition of ephemeral

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