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Recent Examples of transitional
Not Adding Plants Your porch is a transitional space between the outdoors and indoors, and potted plants are a great way to blur the line.
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Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2025
Sutter County in Northern California has the lowest vaccination rates among transitional kindergarten and kindergarten students in the state, according to new data from the California Department of Public Health.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Last year, a teacher in Cupertino was placed on leave after discussing gender identity in a transitional kindergarten classroom, and both Palo Alto Unified School District and San Jose Unified School District faced backlash over concerns about gender-neutral spaces on campus.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
Levi's Wedgie Straight-Leg Jeans $80 $48 at Amazon These jeans have a semi-cropped cut that looks good with booties, ballet flats, and other transitional shoes.
—Shalwah Evans, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2025
Sutter County in Northern California has the lowest vaccination rates among transitional kindergarten and kindergarten students in the state, according to new data from the California Department of Public Health.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Last year, a teacher in Cupertino was placed on leave after discussing gender identity in a transitional kindergarten classroom, and both Palo Alto Unified School District and San Jose Unified School District faced backlash over concerns about gender-neutral spaces on campus.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
Levi's Wedgie Straight-Leg Jeans $80 $48 at Amazon These jeans have a semi-cropped cut that looks good with booties, ballet flats, and other transitional shoes.
—Shalwah Evans, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transitional
Adjective
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Reopened March 28 after a third inspection found three intermediate and seven basic violations.—
Kari Barnett,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2025
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When moving slowly, 74 percent of individuals avoided energetically costly areas, and this increased to 86 percent at intermediate speeds and then to 93 percent at fast speeds.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In her ideal world, everyone would have a transitory object at home.—
Marisa Meltzer,
ARTnews.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Others point to the fact that while the drugs are promising, their impact may be transitory.—
Seth Joseph,
Forbes,
17 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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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
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The current process often involves sending funds through intermediary countries like the UK or US.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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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
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Firing all probationary employees—which is the most expedient way to reduce the size of government—is a blunt instrument.—
Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
19 Feb. 2025
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Snapchat, meanwhile, exposed teens to risky interactions due to its ephemeral messaging, which fosters intimate but potentially unsafe connections.—
Abdulmalik Alluhidan,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2025
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They’re not limited to Southern California, though; for more info on possible places these awesome, ephemeral displays might appear in 2025, check out the nonprofit Theodore Payne Foundation.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Transitional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transitional. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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