transactional
Example Sentences
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There are two kinds of toxic friendships: transactional and trauma-based.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
Motherhood used to be filled with transactional relationships—the neighborhood mom you would carpool with but didn’t necessarily invite over to dinner; the mom of your kid’s friend who kept to herself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Sources around the club have also described a dressing-room culture affected at times by high turnover, with some feeling the pace of change became too rapid and relationships too transactional.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Yet beneath this narrative of journalistic fortitude lies a far more transactional reality that defines modern Washington media.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
Perhaps the art of nursing could be described as transactional.
From Humanistic Nursing by Josephine G. Paterson
