transitional
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More than half the nation’s public preschool enrollment gain — some 25,000 students — came from California, which this school year made every 4-year-old eligible for its transitional kindergarten program.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
History will likely view the papacies of Francis and Leo as a transitional era for a Catholic Church slowly adjusting to a world in which the church’s future lies increasingly in the Global South.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
"My ultimate goal is to create transitional homes for women coming out of prison," Traci continues.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
It represents a transitional form, linking earlier Cambrian arthropods that seem to lack chelicera with later horseshoe crab-like species known as synziphosurines.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
When he stopped for a second, she gave him little transitional replies, such as “Yes?” or “Then what?” or “And then...?”
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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