transactional
Example Sentences
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“Not that you shouldn’t get a picture, but when I’m reduced to just the transactional, I find that much harder to bear,” she confessed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
If one person is offering gifts or another person seeks social connections, that’s when a friendship can become transactional.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
Networking can feel transactional, so to avoid that, try to build relationships before you need something from them, Leverich advises.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 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
There was a rigid transactional probity, it seems to say; there was also a high tide of inspiration.
From Italian Hours by Henry James
