transactional

Example Sentences

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President Trump has repeatedly demonstrated his desire to use transactional diplomacy to pressure both allies and adversaries.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Instead, she says, women could stand to be a lot more transactional.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 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

This kind of timing is related to the transactional character of nursing and to its goal of nurturing the development of human potential.

From Humanistic Nursing by Paterson, Josephine G.