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conversion

[kuhn-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn] / kənˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən /


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So rather than kicking the extra point to tie the game, the Saints went for a two-point conversion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

It also predicted substantially less CO2 conversion than experiments indicated.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Allen then directed an 80-yard drive that he capped with a one-yard sneak, and his two-point conversion pass to tight end Dalton Kincaid gave the Bills a 27-20 lead with 11:28 left.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

But Leicester hit back when hooker Samiuela Moli launched himself over at the back of a driving maul and Billy Searle popped over the conversion to give Tigers a slender advantage.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Every time that an animal eats a plant or another animal, the conversion of food biomass into the consumer’s biomass involves an efficiency of much less than 100 percent: typically around 10 percent.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

The law prohibits religious conversions brought about by force, fraud, coercion or inducement.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

“Our message on these conversions is clear: they don’t work under existing law,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on social media.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Centennial’s defense was top notch all night, only allowing two third-down conversions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

The big question will be timing your income from your various retirement accounts, investments and pensions, and when you have windows to make Roth conversions.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Besides, she thought: Spare me Reggie’s proverbial deathbed conversions and the last-minute apologies, in theface of jail time.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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