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transfer

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




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Even more remarkably, the transfer of material appears to be happening so slowly that the star could continue feeding on its companion for hundreds of thousands of years, potentially even billions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

A judge has restricted his transfer and temporarily blocked his deportation while his legal challenge proceeds.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

In exchange, Pori agreed to transfer to the National Park Service a similarly valued piece of property located elsewhere in California.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

It would likely have been a higher transfer fee if the player's contract did not have a release clause.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

It was then that I noticed our security transfer hadn’t followed us.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Texas splurged on high-profile transfers such as receiver Cam Coleman and running back Hollywood Smothers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Oil producers have increasingly relied on U.S.-protected tanker movements, ship-to-ship transfers outside Hormuz and pipelines that bypass the strait entirely.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 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

Echoing the findings of an earlier evaluation also ordered by Carter, Nardello & Co. found “a reporting environment that relies on numerous databases, self-reported information, manual data transfers, and decentralized reporting practices.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

One of the women inside the laundromat transfers an armful of damp clothes into a dryer.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

They told him a woman had transferred her life savings to someone she thought was him and was left totally embarrassed.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Belgal’s attorneys said he was transferred to New Jersey after the shooting before being returned to federal detention in Brooklyn.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

The Sheriff’s Department typically houses mentally ill prisoners at the Twin Towers, but Magaña’s family claims he was not transferred to a specialized unit within the jail that deals with more challenging cases.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

Its role in the Zanjani network was to help convert Iranian oil sales into cryptocurrency, which could be transferred internationally outside the traditional banking system, Israeli Defense Ministry officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Leonardo has transferred his oil technique to fresco painting.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

In one experiment, transferring microbiota from mice that received a mulberry preparation to other animals was associated with improvements in some metabolic disturbances.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that prohibits third-party brokers from advertising, selling or transferring tee-time reservations at publicly owned golf courses without the written consent of the course operator.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Like an AI agent taking and transferring data when it should not have, OpenAI said.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Then, in the process of transferring her accounts from the previous custodian to Kirwan’s firm, the client was contacted by a scammer and told that her accounts were compromised.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Matt solved the problem by transferring the bag of plastic strips to the little boy’s lap.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer




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