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Recent Examples of transitional
Green then shifted into a rare moment of veteran self-awareness and admitted the Warriors are in a transitional phase, but insisted the pedigree matters more than the box score.
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Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
Featuring transitional pieces from the spring ’25 collection, the drop highlights timeless essentials designed to carry shoppers from cool spring mornings into warm summer nights.
—Irina Grechko, Vogue, 7 May 2026
The head of Haiti’s transitional government is scheduled to meet the pontiff on Saturday.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026
The grant should help the nonprofit provide more support case managment, street outreach and transitional living services to at least eight people 18 to 24 for the 2027 fiscal year.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
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Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
Featuring transitional pieces from the spring ’25 collection, the drop highlights timeless essentials designed to carry shoppers from cool spring mornings into warm summer nights.
—Irina Grechko, Vogue, 7 May 2026
The head of Haiti’s transitional government is scheduled to meet the pontiff on Saturday.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026
The grant should help the nonprofit provide more support case managment, street outreach and transitional living services to at least eight people 18 to 24 for the 2027 fiscal year.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transitional
Adjective
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The design from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory utilizes an intermediate solvation structure where sodium ions are less tightly bound to solvent molecules.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
9 May 2026
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Some of the current challenges the city is having with the skatepark include crowds in the big bowl and the big wall drops into the street course, with too much advanced and intermediate terrain, officials said.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
Adjective
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The stagflationary tilt in subsequent episodes was more modest and transitory.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
10 Apr. 2026
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For decades, visitors have been spray-painting the 10 vintage Cadillacs at the site and mulling the transitory nature of time as Bruce Springsteen did in his 1980 song of the same name.—
Susan Montoya Bryan,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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In one example disclosed by Xinhua, a consumer paid 252 yuan ($35) for a six-inch cake, but the order was quietly resold through an intermediary platform where vendors bid 100, 90 and 80 yuan to fulfill it, with the lowest bidder winning.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2026
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There are 12 specific grind settings, plus intermediary settings between them.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Recently, the Bayless Family Foundation made a $1 million donation to help fund the museum’s $5 million West Wing renovation, transforming the makeshift event space into a professional theater.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
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In some cases, that means delaying repairs or patching things together, with artworks ending up in makeshift storage like garages or even bathrooms.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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There’s nothing expedient about Cantonese; there’s nothing expedient about the practice of literary translation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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The ability to acquire land in fee simple is essential and, in many cases, the most effective and expedient way to protect sensitive landscapes, especially in rapidly developing areas.—
Susan Carr,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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This moment may be ephemeral, but Roku Gin has bottled the joy of spring’s fleeting abundance in its new Minori Select edition.—
Jennifer Noyes,
Air Mail,
25 Apr. 2026
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In an era of high-speed ephemeral images and social media, some may see high school yearbooks as outdated.—
Michael A Messner,
The Conversation,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Transitional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transitional. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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