transactional

Example Sentences

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Within the administration, those looking for a more transactional approach to the rivalry have held more sway than hawks looking to tighten restrictions on China.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Her fieldwork points to something more politically sophisticated than the transactional model often assumed by strategists.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

“We really do want to move from having these transactional relationships to having these long-term relationships,” said Sykes, the Unilever executive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

President Trump has repeatedly demonstrated his desire to use transactional diplomacy to pressure both allies and adversaries.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Like any other bottom-up system, the creation of local currency develops transactional models appropriate to the scale of the actual transactions and the communities in which they occur.

From Open Source Democracy by Rushkoff, Douglas