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transfer

[trans-fur, trans-fer, trans-fer] / trænsˈfɜr, ˈtræns fər, ˈtræns fər /




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Researchers have developed a new surface coating that can increase condensation heat transfer performance by as much as 5.5 times compared with conventional copper surfaces.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

It is unclear whether the Louisiana ruling covering Hendrick’s transfer will be contested.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

New Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who served as mayor for Greater Manchester for nearly a decade, has repeatedly expressed his desire to transfer more powers to local mayors.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

St. John Bosco is starting the season without its two prized transfer students, offensive tackle Elisha Mueller and defensive back Kingston Fatu, who will will be eligible on Sept. 28.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

I needed something more academic, so I made the move to Cal and suffered through life as a junior transfer with no friends and no social life.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

Several years ago he became increasingly frustrated with the professionalism that has overtaken the larger Southland high schools — he has been outspoken against the constant stream of transfers — so he had an idea.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

“Oil smuggling, swap lines, cash transfers, exchange houses, ship registries, front companies—It all needs to stop NOW. You know who you are.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

The US leader listed several activities that he said needed to stop immediately: "oil smuggling, swap lines, cash transfers, exchange houses, ship registries, front companies".

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Instead, the beneficiaries typically work directly with the IRA custodian, which transfers their respective shares into inherited IRAs or otherwise distributes the assets according to the applicable rules.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

Faction transfers are not really supposed to discuss their old factions once they become members.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

Information carried by a rapidly moving light wave can be transferred to much slower sound waves, where it is temporarily retained, and then converted back into light.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

He was quietly transferred into the custody of the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

"After the completion of this entire process, he was transferred back to Adiala Jail."

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

On the second-to-last day passengers were transferred to hotels, which Peach said were "really basic".

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

That way, if people were transferred or killed in combat, there were always competent airwomen ready to fly the open-cockpit Po-2s on their nightly harassment missions.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Researchers still do not know how long queens can continue transferring contaminants into their eggs, what the long-term consequences may be for the colony, or whether the process differs depending on the pesticide involved.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

According to interviews and internal emails reviewed by ProPublica, career staffers at the Justice Department warned that transferring voter rolls to HSI to enable it to search for noncitizen voters could violate federal privacy laws.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

Zambia has a long record of transferring power through the ballot box, with every change of president since the return to multiparty politics in 1991 achieved through elections.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

When parents enroll a child in school, they aren’t transferring responsibility but choosing a partner to help fulfill it.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Before reaching Customs, each Hajj party was assigned a Mutawaf, who would be responsible for transferring that party from Jedda to Mecca.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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