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Which U.S. company was first to transfer money by telegraph?

transfer

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




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But recent developments suggest that a transfer of power from father to son may be more complicated than his supporters anticipated.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026

Economists and analysts have raised fears that AI agents will easily find higher-yielding deposit accounts elsewhere and transfer their deposit holders’ money there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

His actions, however, ensured Birmingham would receive a significant transfer fee when he left, and soon afterwards he joined Dortmund for an initial fee of £20m during the Covid-19 pandemic.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

To perform calculations reliably, the processor and memory must interact closely enough to transfer and manipulate quantum states with high precision.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

By one a.m., he was ready to transfer the data from his pencil sketch map to the actual cave floor.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

After the traumatic week Paraguay has endured, the stall owner says she would rather "not sell than accept bank transfers."

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

Both Jude and Jobe have returned to St Andrew's since their transfers.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

Spending the money on it doesn’t even remove it from your balance sheet, it just transfers it from cash to a physical possession.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

She also made electronic transfers into accounts she controlled and falsified financial entries in an effort to hide her tracks, according to prosecutors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

“We’ve had more student transfers with insufficient records than you could imagine. We’re here to help you. And make sure that Fern succeeds in every possible way.”

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Huang was in charge for eight months before she transferred the company to a Singaporean man.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

Eventually they were transferred to St. Augustine, Fla., and then on to Liberia, the newly created country set up by the American Colonization Society as a homeland for free black people and emancipated slaves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Nartatez was booked into the Crescenta Valley Station Jail and later transferred to the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, where she was being held on $35,000 bail.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

They may also help researchers better understand how energy is transferred during some of the universe's most extreme gravitational interactions.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

But all the whatnots shall have transferred out by the end of sixth grade.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

It provides for transferring liability for rigs to states that accept them into their artificial reef programs in exchange for compensation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2026

Other technical challenges include transferring fuel to Starship in orbit -- a requirement for any journey to the Moon or Mars.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

Electricity is a more efficient way of transferring energy than fossil-fuel molecules.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

The Board added that delays in approving the entry of supplies "exacerbated the consequences of a foreseeable humanitarian challenge" and delayed the start of decommissioning weapons and transferring Hamas authority to a transitional government.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

Even the geographical knowledge that one needed in transferring the war ffom one part of the world to another was considerable.

From "1984" by George Orwell


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