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“If I can’t physically send things, it can have a transitionary impact,” Kapur said, according to a FactSet transcript.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

“They made a complete 180-degree turn without even going through a transitionary period.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 14, 2022

Octopus will continue to use Bulb's technology and branding "for a transitionary period", the government's statement said.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2022

Meanwhile, financial company AIA's group CIO Mark Konyn, who manages $230 billion, viewed the crackdowns as only a transitionary phase.

From Reuters • Aug. 6, 2021

Some there were whose sorrows drove them like Sarak in quest of the Waters of Oblivion, but, to all, those days were poppy days, unreal and meaningless; transitionary, as a bridge between unlike states.

From The Orchard of Tears by Rohmer, Sax