transactional

Example Sentences

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“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

Critics argue that the Accords are transactional and shallow: photo-ops dressed up as diplomacy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

The magazine described a transactional attachment: "What attracted Clinton to Epstein was quite simple: He had a plane."

From BBC • Feb. 26, 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

There was a rigid transactional probity, it seems to say; there was also a high tide of inspiration.

From Italian Hours by James, Henry