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Recent Examples of transitional
Marisol Márquez, a secretary who works for the state, sends her daughter to transitional kindergarten at 1st Street Elementary in Los Angeles.
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Moriah Balingit, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
California expanded free transitional kindergarten to all 4-year-olds this school year.
—Moriah Balingit, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
On his campaign website, Barrera portrays himself as a political outsider who would improve wages for teachers, expand transitional kindergarten to cover 3-year-olds, increase oversight of statewide educational funding and track spending outcomes, and help build affordable housing for educators.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Economists note that 2026 was always going to be a transitional year as the kingdom enters the final stretch of Vision 2030.
—Alaa Shahine Salha, semafor.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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Moriah Balingit, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
California expanded free transitional kindergarten to all 4-year-olds this school year.
—Moriah Balingit, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
On his campaign website, Barrera portrays himself as a political outsider who would improve wages for teachers, expand transitional kindergarten to cover 3-year-olds, increase oversight of statewide educational funding and track spending outcomes, and help build affordable housing for educators.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Economists note that 2026 was always going to be a transitional year as the kingdom enters the final stretch of Vision 2030.
—Alaa Shahine Salha, semafor.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transitional
Adjective
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In the intermediate term, one of the two passers will try to prove that the Steelers do not, in fact, need to trade up to land a first-round QB in 2027.—
Nick Baumgardner,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Detective Torres pulled in four officers from the department's Gun Violence Initiative unit, a team of intermediate detectives trained for exactly this kind of boots-on-ground work.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 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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Shortly thereafter, transfer and compatibility tests were conducted at Picatinny Arsenal, and approximately a dozen warheads were assembled, one of which was tested on a makeshift test range bunker, according to a press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Apr. 2026
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Soliman is accused of using a makeshift flamethrower and Molotov cocktails to burn people who’d gathered on the popular pedestrian mall for a weekly demonstration urging the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2026
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Gun acquisition is, however, considerably more expedient for professionals with certain careers, such as law enforcement.—
Robert McGreevy,
FOXNews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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The outcome was not a surprise to some strategists, who told ABC News ahead of the party's annual convention that a politically expedient move for Republicans would be to withhold an endorsement, allowing their candidates the best chance to advance as far as possible.—
Juhi Doshi,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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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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The diary writing nurtures an internal life by giving oxygen to what previously had been ephemeral, easily self-mocked as inappropriate, or troubling.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Transitional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transitional. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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