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transfer

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




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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

Scientists must prepare the auxiliary qubits, connect them to the qubits being studied, transfer information between them, and perform repeated measurements.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

"One of the foundations of democracy is the ability to have a peaceful transfer of power. This stems from the understanding that the will of the electorate obligates us all."

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

"The learning and technology transfer goes in both ways, as far as is legally possible."

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

The FBI agent who was in charge of the Oklahoma field office had assured Hoover that the transfer could be handled without any “unfavorable comment” in the press.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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

According to ship tracker Kpler, oil flows through the strait, including associated ship-to-ship transfers, averaged around 7.8 million barrels a day in the week through Nov. 1, around 45% of prewar levels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

During their double drop descent, Wolves - who remarkably suffered a treble drop to the bottom tier in the 1980s - burned through four managers and made a series of poor transfers.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Sing Sing was chaotic, he thought, largely due to its proximity to New York City and the number of recent transfers from Rikers Island.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

The property includes transferred approved plans for an 845-square-foot guest casita, but according to Clark, the Hollidays are seeking a home with an existing guesthouse.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

She was transferred by ambulance but, once in Newcastle, Danielle did not have the operation and was instead put on a ward.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Spix's macaws, a Brazilian blue parrot extinct in the wild -- as featured in the 2011 Disney film "Rio" -- were transferred from Germany without Brazil's required consent.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Cathedral has successfully moved on from its offseason shock of losing quarterback Jaden Jefferson and receiver Quentin Hale, who transferred to Corona Centennial.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

A couple months after Aleksandr Gridnev took over, half of the pilots who’d transferred under Tamara Kazarinova’s command came back.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Premiering off-Broadway in February 2024 and set to run six weeks, the show was given multiple extensions before transferring to Broadway, where it won Tony Awards for Escola’s performance and Pinkleton’s directing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Crypto has become an increasingly popular way of investing and transferring money online, partly because, unlike traditional currencies, it is not controlled by central banks or governments.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Before transferring to Rutgers — where his tuition is now fully covered by grants and scholarships, some of which require him to maintain a high GPA — Carvalho attended community college to save money.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 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

Now that Americans have mostly deloused themselves, typhus has discovered a new route into us: by infecting eastern North American flying squirrels and then transferring to people whose attics harbor flying squirrels.

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


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