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transition team

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noun

  1. a group of people who manage the transition between one system, administrative regime, etc and another

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The transition team comes to them ahead of time and says, “Could you quantify all the DEI programs so we can know what those are?”

From Slate Jun. 17, 2026

Her Cuban-born husband, Al Cardenas, was on Reagan’s transition team and once led the Republican Party in Florida.

From Los Angeles Times May 10, 2026

The vice-president is the "perfect surrogate" in these high-stakes negotiations because of "his firm understanding of President Trump's goals", said Mark Bednar, who worked on the Trump-Vance transition team.

From BBC Apr. 10, 2026

“I’m ready to serve with honor as his police commissioner,” Tisch said in a statement released by Mamdani’s transition team.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 19, 2025

I delegated what I could to Melissa and other members of my transition team.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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