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convert

[kuhn-vurt, kon-vurt] / kənˈvɜrt, ˈkɒn vɜrt /






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The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. plans to convert a batch of shares and Treasurys into digital tokens, the clearinghouse’s latest step toward a fully digital Wall Street.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

All distributions will be taxable, although some financial planners say young adults should convert the money into a Roth account.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

El Tri dominated possession but could not convert it into goals, while the English were clinical, led by Jude Bellingham, Harry Kane, Anthony Gordon, Bukayo Saka and goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

These include solid state electronic cooling systems with no moving parts, devices that convert heat into electricity, chip based electronics, and cogeneration systems that capture and reuse waste heat from industrial processes.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

As additional proof from other laboratories and experiments accumulated in the 1950s, even the most hidebound skeptics had to convert into believers.*

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The challenge of reconciling the dilemma was even more formidable than the Protestant ideal of literacy that expected converts to read the Bible and sing out of the Psalter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

He says that AIR converts almost all of the diverted water into ice.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

Beyond your retirement savings, other sources of funds to pay for an extended healthcare crisis can include a reverse mortgage that converts home equity into cash and selling certain investments.

From MarketWatch Jun. 15, 2026

The top lifts off and converts into a pendant.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

He began to charge a modest fee for his knowledge, which enabled him to rent a house where he set up his academy of converts.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

Yamal won a first-half penalty that Mikel Oyarzabal converted to open the scoring.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

Lujo converted from the infield to center field at Georgia and has plus speed.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

The former Pfizer headquarters was being converted from offices into residential units when workers spotted structural concerns on Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

Including penalty shootouts, Messi has converted 117 of his 151 penalties for Barcelona, Paris St-Germain, Inter Miami and Argentina, missing 34.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

The mansion itself has been converted to twelve comfortable rooms of various sizes, all quite luxurious, with two full baths on each floor.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Scientists have long known that oral bacteria are essential for converting nitrate into nitrite.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

Reid points out, because “Japanese inflation has been relatively low globally, while its currency slumped, Japan now stands out among its developed market peers as being extremely cheap when converting to dollars .”

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

The South American side have been the most clinical, converting 18% of their chances, while the opposite is true of European champions Spain.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

This means light must pass through layers of nerve fibres before reaching the photoreceptors – specialised cells responsible for detecting light and converting that into a nerve impulse to send to the brain.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

But Elizebeth and her team slowly worked out a possible way of converting the digraphs into numbers.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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