transactional

Example Sentences

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“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

“And so it does have to go from like, ‘Oh, you’re the manny’ to waking up to each other as something other than this transactional thing with you babysitting.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

If you give him one penny of your own money, it will open up a transactional codependence between you and this man, who is a virtual stranger.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026

There is no need to import into the phrases of the New Testament writers the crude transactional notions of later theology, no need to drag in ideas about penalties and punishments.

From Religious Reality by Rawlinson, A. E. J. (Alfred Edward John)