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convert

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






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In a structural change the Treasury plans to convert the seven-year note from a monthly new issue to a quarterly new issue with two reopenings, similar to the ten-year note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

In its statement, Treasury also announced it plans to convert the 7-year note from a monthly new issue to a quarterly new issue with two reopenings.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Around $2.85 billion of the stolen $6.34 billion has been frozen, Binance said, meaning that the attackers could not use it or convert it to another currency.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

His goal - a tap-in from two yards - was very difficult not to convert, with the opportunity having had an incredibly high xG of 0.995.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Unfortunately, the Greeks and Romans hated zero so much that they clung to their own Egyptian-like notation rather than convert to the Babylonian system, even though the Babylonian system was easier to use.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

A Malawi-based company that assembles and converts electric motorcycles, SGV, said demand had grown as conventional fuel became harder to obtain.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

The retina then converts that light into signals that the brain interprets as images.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026

The pope on Saturday appealed to the converts and newly baptized in his homily:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Some converts say they're ditching polish as a way of rebelling against an entrenched female beauty standard or to save time and money.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

We return to the tree, where Rani converts the sheet I sleep on into a kind of sling and bundles our few things into it.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman

What fully converted data centers lack, however, is a continuous flow of newly mined bitcoin to fund their expansions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

When the body does not use the glucose it absorbs, the surplus can eventually be converted into fat.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

A third farmer named Mohammad, 30, who has converted 80 percent of his land to wheat, told AFP, that the lack of water in recent years has affected crops other than poppy.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Once that promotional period is up, any remaining balance is converted to the card’s standard variable APR.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

I walked into the room, which had been converted from an office space into a fabulous nightclub for the evening, with pink spotlights, zebra-print sofas, palm trees, cocktails, and a delicious Indian buffet.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

Yet as Hirsch is now learning, converting the narrow window of attention into sustained sales is almost as hard as capturing it in the first place.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Ask your adviser to show you the numbers: how much you would save by converting strategically over the next five years or so.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

The FBI added that it had observed "TraderTraitor actors" converting stolen assets into Ethereum, and expected those assets to be laundered further by converting them using decentralized finance and instant swap services.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

The Scots held on to the lead until the 17th-minute, when hooker Brittany Merlo went over to draw the hosts level and wing Maya Stewart added another six minutes later, with Samantha Wood converting both.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

There were two working fireplaces, a two-car garage, and an attic suitable for converting into extra bedrooms if, the Realtor mentioned, the need should arise.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri


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