convert
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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
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
Those relatively low-income years can provide an opportunity to gradually withdraw retirement assets or convert portions to Roth accounts at favorable tax rates.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 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
The genetic information includes how to convert plankton into blubber; or how to hold your breath on a dive one kilometer below the surface.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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"What we are really studying is a pathway that integrates two completely different kinds of stress -- mechanical and metabolic -- and converts them into a single, coordinated, protective response," Dr. Niethammer says.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
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 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
Ultraviolet light from the sun converts methane to more complex hydrocarbon molecules and hydrogen gas.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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When the body does not use the glucose it absorbs, the surplus can eventually be converted into fat.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
In this way, “bee smell is converted into human sight, and scents too subtle for human noses are made visible to the eye.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 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
We can keep talking about it, keep grinding our teeth on why Sima converted, since it turned the fate of everybody in the story.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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It simply flips the S&P 500’s forward price/earnings ratio upside down, converting it to a yield, and compares it with the benchmark 10-year U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
I understand the logic of spending pretax IRA money first and converting money to Roth, but I’m not sure where that fits in for us.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
Subtle and vastly important chemical changes are constantly in progress, converting elements derived from air and water into forms suitable for use by plants.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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