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transfer

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




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Avian flu, cost-cutting and Brexit are among the reasons behind the transfer of captive birds from one of Northern Ireland's best-known wildlife sites, according to the charity that runs it.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

He pointed to USC’s transfer students, Pell Grant recipients and first-generation students.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

My current thinking: As I approach retirement, I would like to transfer ownership of the business to Son #1.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

The key to the success of the method -- which the team informally dubbed "helping hands" -- is the transfer of healthy photosynthetic algae, also known as symbionts, from which corals derive their color.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Another apprentice sketches a map, possibly for transfer onto a plate.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

Meanwhile, tanker rates have surged as longer shipping routes, ship-to-ship transfers and sanctions restrict available capacity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Sweet carefully transfers the delicate tissue onto a glass slide, where selected cellular structures are stained to make them easier to distinguish under a powerful microscope.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

There is a five-year federal lookback period for certain Medicaid long-term-care transfers.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

In all cases though, the transfers included significant sell-on and buy-back clauses, which is part of a strategy by United to generate more revenue from player sales.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

They had sent her a list of potential transfers.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

Peekachu, 23, Rain, 20, Orisis, 26, and Caspian, 27, were all transferred from Marineland, while longtime Shedd resident Beethoven, 34, also died after eight Marineland belugas were brought there over the summer.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

"No personal data related to our rentals is shared with car manufacturers, our owners or other third parties without explicit legal grounds," he added, without specifying whether the onboard videos may have been transferred.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

He transferred the contract directly to Nxum after Bo Hines left the administration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Additional quantum mechanics calculations confirmed that this pathway can be especially favorable when hydrogen is transferred to intermediates containing oxygen.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

While waiting and being transferred through several operators, I organize the stacks of papers and files on the Colonel’s desk.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

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

I recognize that transferring it to him would affect the inheritance ultimately received by Son #2.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

They also want better social and educational programs, as well as a reduction in the inmate population from over 6,500 to 4,000 -- driven by quicker court proceedings and transferring people to other units.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

"Proper assessment of the risks and consideration of work methods, adequate staffing and clear procedures for transferring towers between teams could have enabled this work to go ahead without incident," Gidman added.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 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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