transitional
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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
When Lurie announced plans to accelerate the city’s homelessness response with transitional housing and treatment beds, he name-checked the Schwabs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
These field studies also led to the discovery of another species, the transitional seal ancestor Puijila darwini.
From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026
On Wednesday, Downing Street sources highlighted the possibility of introducing "transitional arrangements" which could potentially reduce the 10-year wait for some existing migrants.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
