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convert

[kuhn-vurt, kon-vurt] / kənˈvɜrt, ˈkɒn vɜrt /






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While most people have likely never heard of an actuator, they’re found across daily life — used in everything from smartphones and computers to refrigerators and cars, to convert power into motion.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Bass says her administration has made it easier for property owners to convert their office towers into apartments or condominiums.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

It also requires people who want to convert voluntarily to notify authorities in advance.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

He dissected the Trojans’ defense to convert a crucial fourth down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

I may have been a catalyst for rebellion, but a leader should be someone with conviction, and I’m barely a convert myself.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

As the equatorial Kelvin wave hits South America, the energy converts into a coastal Kelvin wave, and heads both north and south along the continents.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The retina then converts that light into signals that the brain interprets as images.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026

Coinbase will supply the stablecoin payment rails and underlying blockchain technology that automatically converts the digital currency into government-issued currency, and Citi will settle the funds as the bank of record.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 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

She seemed so earnest in her love of the religion and so dedicated to learning everything she could in the class for new converts, my father was immediately attracted to her.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

Behind the bar, yeast busily converted sugars into alcohol inside giant stainless steel fermentation tanks.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

The bottom line: It won’t be converted into housing or farmland soon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Bilt points also can be converted to American Airlines tickets via its Alaska Airlines partnership.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Tanner Scott converted 25 of 29 save opportunities this season, including saves Friday and Saturday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

The converted bomber aircraft they were going to fly in was another of Andrey Tupolev’s designs.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

She produced 12 winners and made just 11 unforced errors, compared to her opponent's 24, converting five of her 14 break points with some impressive groundstrokes.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Leslie’s expects to hand control of the business to its lenders in exchange for converting their roughly $750 million term loan into equity, one of the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

If nothing in tax law or life ever changed, paying taxes now or later would be a wash, and converting a traditional IRA to a Roth wouldn’t gain you anything.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

ORNL's Tao Wang contributed expertise in molten salt chemistry, while ORNL's Logan Kearney supplied high-density polymers and provided expert guidance on possible routes for converting them into higher-value products.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

She told him that she had actually been considering converting to Islam.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers




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