Showing results for transition team. Search instead for transition-metal.

transition team

British

noun

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

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday that Khan, the former Federal Trade Commission chair during the Biden administration, would serve as a co-chair of his transition team.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

Villaraigosa was an early backer of Bass’ 2022 mayoral campaign and served on her mayoral transition team.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

Most of its staff positions will be eliminated, although the organization specified that a small transition team will remain through January 2026, “to ensure a responsible and orderly closeout of operations.”

From Salon • Aug. 6, 2025

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

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023