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transfer

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




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To perform calculations reliably, the processor and memory must interact closely enough to transfer and manipulate quantum states with high precision.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

A couple of weeks before Carrick spoke, another club source told BBC Sport that United should be judged when the transfer window closed.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

“I don’t know how you would transfer $26 million. That seems a little bit absurd.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

Don’t expect to identify a No. 1 team until the sit-out period ends on Christmas day and teams gain access to their full group of transfer students.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

Just getting to school for my first day of ninth grade was a whole new odyssey, involving ninety minutes of nerve-pummeling travel on two different city bus routes as well as a transfer downtown.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

After the traumatic week Paraguay has endured, the stall owner says she would rather "not sell than accept bank transfers."

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

Bypass pipelines, tanker transfers and emergency reserve releases have helped keep oil flowing during the war but can’t fully offset prolonged shipping disruptions, with prices still at around $100 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

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

She also made electronic transfers into accounts she controlled and falsified financial entries in an effort to hide her tracks, according to prosecutors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

I wince as my weight transfers onto my bad leg.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

The other eight councils said the items moved out of their collections had been donated, transferred to other museums, or disposed of.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

After making the leap to the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Lendeborg transferred to Michigan, a powerhouse shelling out millions in NIL money to build a championship roster.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

They may also help researchers better understand how energy is transferred during some of the universe's most extreme gravitational interactions.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

Nartatez was booked into the Crescenta Valley Station Jail and later transferred to the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, where she was being held on $35,000 bail.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

Early on, Tamara transferred eight of the 586th’s finest pilots to other regiments to try to ease the friction.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Other technical challenges include transferring fuel to Starship in orbit -- a requirement for any journey to the Moon or Mars.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

Electricity is a more efficient way of transferring energy than fossil-fuel molecules.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

The Board added that delays in approving the entry of supplies "exacerbated the consequences of a foreseeable humanitarian challenge" and delayed the start of decommissioning weapons and transferring Hamas authority to a transitional government.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

"Our strategy is different. Instead of transferring the information to an auxiliary qubit, we seek to obtain it from a signal produced by the qubit under study itself," says the researcher.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

Why go to all the trouble of transferring the boys up north only to ship them back in a month?

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez


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