transitional
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That effort might also diffuse some tension caused by the addition of transitional kindergarten, which took away many 4-year-olds from an already struggling child-care industry, Fuller said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
History will likely view the papacies of Francis and Leo as a transitional era for a Catholic Church slowly adjusting to a world in which the church’s future lies increasingly in the Global South.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
It represents a transitional form, linking earlier Cambrian arthropods that seem to lack chelicera with later horseshoe crab-like species known as synziphosurines.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
First Minister John Swinney, campaigning in North Lanarkshire, said his government introduced more than £900m transitional relief on business tax, telling BBC Scotland News that many businesses would see reductions.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
The position of the sun in the sky was delicate, transitional; and the season was unmistakable.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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