transactional
Example Sentences
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There are two kinds of toxic friendships: transactional and trauma-based.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
Yet their connection, which might accurately be described as a transactional friendship, scarcely makes the case for Cohn’s supposed influence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Yet beneath this narrative of journalistic fortitude lies a far more transactional reality that defines modern Washington media.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
It may seem like a weird career shift for Witkoff, but he’s such an outlier that the famously transactional Donald Trump treats him like an actual friend.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
There was a rigid transactional probity, it seems to say; there was also a high tide of inspiration.
From Italian Hours by Henry James
