transitional

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Recent Examples of transitional In Tibetan Buddhism, the bardo is the transitional state between death and rebirth. Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025 In Syria, internecine warfare has already emerged between Kurds in the northeast, former President Assad’s Alawite sect, and transitional President Ahmad al-Sharaa, who led the organization HTS, which the United States designated a terrorist group. Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2025 Brentford shut them down in transitional situations too. Liam Tharme, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025 Really helped pull the wagon at WWE during a transitional period as well. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for transitional
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Adjective
  • Sallas and his team cater to both beginner and intermediate riders, educating on everything from surf etiquette and wave knowledge to performing more advanced maneuvers like cutbacks and snaps.
    Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Future-back thinking can foster such quantum leaps as leaders consider the market 15 to 20 years out, rather than incremental present-forward approaches with shorter strategic plans advancing through intermediate positions toward a goal.
    Gregory Crawford, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The Trump administration’s assurance that the American economy will experience a transitory period is a promise greatly supported by America’s leading Technology and Information sector.
    Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • But on Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell labeled the potential effect of tariffs on inflation as likely being short-lived or transitory.
    Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Flaws Of Traditional Financial Systems Traditional payment systems are expensive due to intermediary banks as well as credit card networks.
    Raymond Qu, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The current process often involves sending funds through intermediary countries like the UK or US.
    Boaz Sobrado, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Finding someone to out-Trump Trump might look like an expedient solution to an immediate problem.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Trading long-term gains for short-term impact may seem like the expedient choice, except for one lingering question: What if the most expensive decision is not going to college at all?
    Judy D. Olian, TIME, 13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • When Bob sends an encrypted message, his browser connects to the key server and obtains an ephemeral symmetric encryption key.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Kahle, who early on recognized the ephemeral nature of the web, said the rapid deterioration of the living web is a serious threat to historical preservation.
    Emma Bowman, NPR, 23 Mar. 2025

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“Transitional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transitional. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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