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conversion

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


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The Treasury Department said in September that it would block one maneuver, known as a 351 conversion, that has been used to avoid capital-gains taxes, and it flagged others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

They’d pay that rate all the way up to $109,124, so the potential amount for a Roth conversion is about $57,000.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

A Roth conversion could push you into a higher marginal tax bracket, because the taxable portion of the conversion is added to your ordinary income for the year.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

The tremendous energy of the impact also generates thousands of additional quarks and gluons through the conversion of energy into matter, as described by Einstein's famous equation, E=mc2.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Ernest estimated that the conversion program would cost about $60,000, mostly for labor on round-the-clock shifts.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

I’m trying to understand your financial adviser’s logic and their alleged pushiness, because they seem to be pushing hard for these conversions.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Would you like to do Roth conversions because you may need the money, or because you want your heirs to inherit those funds without paying tax on them?

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

He scored a try but kicked just two of five conversions as the Kangaroos squeezed to a 24-22 win.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Ms. Carvajal and Ms. Ostler, both journalists, track the marriages, divorces, Catholic conversions, births and deaths of various family members against the backdrop of a vanishing way of life and impending disaster.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The engineers specified any conversions to be applied to the raw data—converting, for example, miles per hour to feet per second—and supplied Katherine with the equations to be used to analyze the converted data.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly


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