convert
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In 1988, The Times reported that an unnamed developer hoped to buy the then member-owned club and convert the property to luxury single-family homes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Thermodynamics emerged in the 19th century largely to explain how large machines such as steam engines convert and transfer energy.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
England Hockey "wasn't ready to win" in 2016, she said, arguing that the organisation lacked the commercial, marketing and participation infrastructure needed to convert Olympic success into long-term growth.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Because I am visually impaired, I dictate my thoughts, have AI convert them into written text, and then listen as it reads my words back so I can revise and edit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
She could not see herself converting to Judaism, but neither did she intend to convert William.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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“We think the lockup-expiry overhang is an opportunity rather than a risk, offering a rare entry point into a generational compounder that converts energy into swarming,” the bullish analyst said in a recent client note.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
The battery takes in oxygen and converts iron to rust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Three days after the executive order, the White House implemented the order through National Security Presidential Memorandum 7, which converts the fiction into machinery.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
Nesma El-Areef, senior marketing and sales manager at Uflex Egypt, which converts plastic waste into new packaging materials, said demand for the company's recycled products rose by up to 40 percent.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
“Surely the Cong. Union will not gain converts by such undignified actions. I hope thee will call it off.”
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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The initiator marks the location where the information encoded in a gene begins to be converted, or expressed, into a functional product.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
During the investigation, she allegedly told agents she had converted to Islam around five years ago.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
In rats, for example, excess histidine can be converted into histamine, which activates brain receptors involved in controlling food intake.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
The share of interns converted into employees last year, up from 50.6% two years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Fewings offered him no serious objections, and Lippmann left AIG’s London office feeling as if Fewings had been converted to his cause.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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The droplet survives for only a tiny fraction of a second before expanding and converting into other particles.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Taking the RMD from one account and converting from another does not work.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Backlogs are high and converting into recognized revenue growth, while demand also remains high and rising, the analysts add.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Connecting the combustion chamber to a turbine and converting its intense combustion into electricity created an additional engineering challenge.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Reform, not punishment, is her modus operandi, and Celia has succeeded in converting many young delinquents into productive revolutionaries.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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