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transfer

[trans-fur, trans-fer, trans-fer] / trænsˈfɜr, ˈtræns fər, ˈtræns fər /




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Some have tried to free up beds by speeding up the transfer of patients out of the hospital to post-discharge facilities, said Brianna Motley, vice president of strategy intelligence at Vizient.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Our undercover reporter, who pretended to have a £45,000 illegal working fine, secretly recorded Yousaf saying he could transfer the penalty into someone else's name for a fee of £4,500.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Buyers will sometimes pay the seller’s closing costs, title fees, their real-estate agent’s commission and other costs, such as the mansion tax in New Jersey or transfer taxes in Georgia.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

Rather than measuring the original qubit directly, researchers transfer information to the ancilla and measure that auxiliary system instead.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

Much of that land, however, wasn’t theirs to transfer.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Spending the money on it doesn’t even remove it from your balance sheet, it just transfers it from cash to a physical possession.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

To gain access to private keys or the systems that authorise transfers, hackers can exploit a software vulnerability, deploy malicious software, or target individuals -- for instance through phishing.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

It mainly bars rules around property sales and transfers that would restrict solar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

He has previously spoken of how he inherited players that cried after matches and lost all confidence - and believed his unprecedented control over the summer transfers was vindication for Spurs from last season.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

But the same mathematics that makes direct pairwise conflict resolution inefficient in large societies makes direct pairwise economic transfers also inefficient.

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

E.R.’s are designed to be way stations where patients get assessed, admitted if necessary and then transferred into wards for specialized attention and care.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Many councils transferred responsibility over council housing to housing associations, meaning they have lost the skills and expertise to build their own stock.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

She transferred to USC with dreams of following filmmakers like Greta Gerwig, who got their start in writing and directing their own projects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

But consumers should be aware that many of these cards charge an upfront fee of 3% to 5% of the total amount transferred.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

He was transferred onto a specially designed thick mattress nestled atop a box full of cushions.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

Supervisor Kathryn Barger, who negotiated the power-sharing agreement with Bass, put out a statement saying the decision transferring the federal functions to the county reflects that “regional leadership requires collaboration.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

"Some volunteers have already begun the process of transferring to other locations."

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Their efforts have included selectively breeding corals that can withstand higher temperatures, raising young corals in nurseries to rebuild damaged reefs, and transferring communities of microorganisms between corals to improve their resilience.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

Yet Edward soon recoiled from this facile conflation, transferring a year later, in 1900, to the New York School of Art.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

“He’s just always been so hard on himself, your dad has, and it grinds my gears that he’s transferring it to you.”

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone


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