transfer
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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
The system combines improved heat transfer with porous graphite felt that can reach temperatures above 2,550 degrees Fahrenheit.
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
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
Or maybe—and this was the best dream of all—maybe Brian would transfer to Yale, or she could transfer to Princeton.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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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
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
The digital bank posted on X, external it had "identified some issues" and activated a stand-in backup service which meant users could still make transactions like card payments and sending and receiving bank transfers.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Then we would wait for the bus that stopped in front of the school, present the transfers, and ride the few blocks to the subway.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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On the first day, worker bees filtered out 95% of the pesticide and transferred it into the honeycomb.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
In mid-July, Jackie was rescued in bad shape on the shore of Big Bear Lake and transferred to the Ojai Raptor Center for treatment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
But many products transported in bulk -- such as chemicals, hydrocarbons, construction materials or grain -- are not easily transferred to containers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
"Only a dozen or so have been transferred this year," Konstantin complains.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The moment he touched his hands to the map, the arrows transferred from his skin and onto the paper.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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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
Kushner pressed Hamas to take the first concrete steps toward transferring authority to a new civilian body and decommissioning its weapons to push forward the plan, the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The copper-rich southern African country 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. 16, 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
He opened the lid 011 the little well in the cart and with a fork slowly began transferring hot dogs from the pot to the little well in the cart.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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