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Recent Examples of transitional
The online shop houses a variety of quality transitional rugs that combine traditional and modern designs to elevate interiors.
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Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 7 Nov. 2025
Furthermore, the terror group is influencing the transitional process by insisting on having a say over appointments to the technocratic committee tasked with administering Gaza’s affairs.
—Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
Over at Sessions Elementary School, students from transitional kindergarten through fifth grade are earning International Baccalaureate Learner Profile awards.
—Cyril A. Reinicke, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025
In addition to Lissu’s release, some protesters are demanding the formation of a transitional government, constitutional changes and a free and fair election.
—Martin K.n Siele, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
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Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 7 Nov. 2025
Furthermore, the terror group is influencing the transitional process by insisting on having a say over appointments to the technocratic committee tasked with administering Gaza’s affairs.
—Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
Over at Sessions Elementary School, students from transitional kindergarten through fifth grade are earning International Baccalaureate Learner Profile awards.
—Cyril A. Reinicke, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025
In addition to Lissu’s release, some protesters are demanding the formation of a transitional government, constitutional changes and a free and fair election.
—Martin K.n Siele, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transitional
Adjective
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The ratio has decisively cleared the 50-day MA, and the slope of the 50-day MA has turned higher in a reflection of improved intermediate-term momentum for natural gas versus equities.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
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When statins alone are not enough The new Phase 3 trial included 2,912 adults, with an average age of 63, who either had a previous heart attack or stroke or were at intermediate or high risk of a heart attack or stroke within the next 10 years.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Also, the Helm-show is transitory.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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According to our research, by September 2025, 37 percent (7 out of 19) categories reverted prices back to pre-Liberation Day, indicating that the Liberation Day effects were at least somewhat transitory.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Other corporations are using intermediary roles, such as chief operating officer or chief administrative officer, to oversee numerous functional groups, rather than having the heads of those groups report directly to the CEO.—
Sarah Abbott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Rerouting through intermediary countries adds 10–20 percent to transit time.—
Vitalii Savryha,
Sourcing Journal,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Vargas floated groups of migrants across the informal border crossing between Guatemala and Mexico on a makeshift raft made from wooden boards lashed to fat inner tubes.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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The Chargers ruled out tackle Bobby Hart for their game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday night at SoFi Stadium, which means another makeshift offensive line.—
Elliott Teaford,
Oc Register,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Mussolini is at once an incisive psychological portrait of one of the 20th century’s most destructive individuals and a clear-eyed dissection of fascism’s politically expedient, intellectually incoherent origins.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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Buying from Rheinmetall looks politically expedient.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The underwater clues that researchers are grasping for in this effort are invisible, almost ephemeral, but hold promise just the same.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Women were encouraged to take action against men who had allegedly harmed them — often upending their lives in the process — only to find that the financial and emotional relief in coming forward might be ephemeral at best, nonexistent at worst.—
Victoria Bekiempis,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Transitional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transitional. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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