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transitional

[tran-zish-uh-nl, ‐-sish‐] / trænˈzɪʃ ə nl, ‐ˈsɪʃ‐ /




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He said under his amendment, the government could reduce the cap following a transitional period ending in 2029.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2026

California has expanded free transitional kindergarten to all 4-year-olds.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

What follows is a modest survey of great songs that capture the feel of an American town or region during a transitional period.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

"We synthesize unique nanoscale building blocks and stack them into interesting structures. In this case, we were able to stabilize these theorized transitional structures and demonstrate important quantum optical properties."

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

Strictly speaking, Brahe and Kepler weren’t quite the last mystics—but they certainly were, in astronomy at least, transitional figures between the mysticism of the Ancients and the science of Galileo and his successors.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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