transactional

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Part of the problem is European leaders are unschooled in the art of transactional negotiation that Trump respects, said Majda Ruge, a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

Gates's core explanation for his association with Epstein has been that the relationship was transactional, centring on discussions about philanthropy and potential funding for his foundation that ultimately came to nothing.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Eric Marti, who heads the box office specialist Comscore in France, said studios have always had a transactional approach to Cannes.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

He will land in Beijing prepared to push China, which relies on Iran for low-cost oil in their transactional relationship, to help broker an agreement that ends the conflict, according to U.S. officials.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Rather it dictates that nursing is a responsible searching, transactional relationship whose meaningfulness demands conceptualization founded on a nurse's existential awareness of self and of the other.

From Humanistic Nursing by Paterson, Josephine G.