conversion

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The Bulls were in the ascendancy and Cummings' yellow card was looking ever more expensive as Cameron Hanekom gained territory and Francois Klopper went in under the posts to set up an easy Pollard conversion.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

The report noted that past booms in the Korean market had an average consumption conversion rate of 1.3% but this time around that figure could be markedly higher.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Major decisions were delivered on the Voting Rights Act, conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ minors, and President Trump’s tariffs, but even more blockbuster opinions have yet to be released.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026

It runs thousands of simulations, incorporating federal tax brackets, Roth conversion strategies, Medicare premium surcharges, Social Security, mortality and about two dozen other variables that determine whether a household’s money is likely to last.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Every time that an animal eats a plant or another animal, the conversion of food biomass into the consumer’s biomass involves an efficiency of much less than 100 percent: typically around 10 percent.

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