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Recent Examples of transitional
Living Room with Sage Green Decor The light blue wall color in this transitional living room lends itself well to pops of sage green.
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Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2025
What's Next The Syrian transitional government is still in its formative stages, leaving uncertainty about its implications for the country's future.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
May: Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico Trade mud season—that yucky, transitional time between winter and spring when snow, rain, and melt create wet (and muddy) conditions—for drier trails in New Mexico this spring.
—Erica Zazo, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2025
Friday's sentencing is expected to last less than an hour and will take place virtually, reflecting the court's efforts to accommodate Trump's transitional obligations.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2025
What's Next The Syrian transitional government is still in its formative stages, leaving uncertainty about its implications for the country's future.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
May: Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico Trade mud season—that yucky, transitional time between winter and spring when snow, rain, and melt create wet (and muddy) conditions—for drier trails in New Mexico this spring.
—Erica Zazo, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2025
Friday's sentencing is expected to last less than an hour and will take place virtually, reflecting the court's efforts to accommodate Trump's transitional obligations.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transitional
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Amtrak Auto Train route and schedule The Auto Train runs every day between Lorton and Sanford with no intermediate stops.—
Zach Wichter,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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Instead test-time compute introduces structured interventions in which computer systems are built to double-check their work through intermediate calculations or extra algorithms applied to their final responses.—
Lauren Leffer,
Scientific American,
23 Jan. 2025
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But for many people, this can become more than just a transitory concern and become an all-consuming worry and source of anxiety.—
Sean Mowbray,
Discover Magazine,
20 Jan. 2025
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However, Prestige Economics expects the recent acceleration in the year-on-year total CPI inflation rate is likely to be transitory, with lower year-on-year inflation rates in Q2 2025 due to base effects.—
Jason Schenker,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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The city school system alleges that drug manufacturers raised the price of insulin to win the business of pharmacy benefits managers — intermediary companies that negotiate prices between drugmakers and pharmacies.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Jan. 2025
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Mossad Exploits Iran's Weak Supply Chain Zarif explained that Mossad exploited Iran's reliance on intermediary suppliers, a consequence of international sanctions, to introduce sabotage materials into the nuclear supply chain.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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And don’t take any of these expedient risks simply because flocks of others are doing the same.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Depleting our rainy-day fund, aggressively raising taxes on businesses or adding to our debt are politically expedient but not useful in the long run.—
Colin Pascal,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Jan. 2025
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The legacy-building was set in motion by Elizabeth Peabody herself, who doggedly transcribed the group’s conversations when Fuller worried that talk was too ephemeral to make a historical impact.—
Francesca Wade,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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His emphasis on crafting content with lasting impact offers a refreshing alternative to the ephemeral nature of much digital content. 10.—
Ian Shepherd,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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“Transitional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transitional. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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