transitional
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He loved the rudimentary males he found embedded in the females of one particular species—precisely the kind of weird transitional form his theory of evolution would depend upon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
He was the senior pastor at Embrace Church in Oxnard and helped found several nonprofit organizations, including the Kingdom Center, which provides emergency housing and transitional living for women and children.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
South Sudan President Salva Kiir has dissolved the transitional government, three months before the country's first election since its independence in 2011.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
For an increasing number of Americans, renting has become a lasting financial reality, not a brief, transitional phase on the way to buying a home.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
For the boys speak a jived-up transitional language full of country glamour, think transitional thoughts, though perhaps they dream the same old ancient dreams.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
Vocabulary lists containing transitional
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