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conversion

[kuhn-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn] / kənˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən /


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New York City officials halted construction at 222 Broadway, marking the second office-to-apartment conversion project shut down this month.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

But—now it’s our turn to play conspiracy theorist—it’s also terribly difficult to take her conversion at face value.

From Slate Jul. 25, 2026

These functions include signal synchronization, adjustable delay lines, optical buffers, and frequency conversion.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

“If someone does a big Roth conversion that increases their income, all of the sudden their Medicare premiums can more than double in some cases,” he said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

Plant cells today have tiny molecular factories, called chloroplasts, which are in charge of photosynthesis—the conversion of sunlight, water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and oxygen.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Rather than treating this as a black-and-white or all-or-nothing scenario, why not dip into your taxable brokerage account, take out a mortgage, and time your IRA withdrawals or Roth conversions.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

These actions included things like changing the title on bank accounts and other property, redirecting household bills, canceling credit cards, consolidating retirement accounts, making Roth conversions and giving away money.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

The past half-decade has been a boom time for office-to-residential conversions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Asher Luzzatto, a developer converting three Denver office buildings into about 1,100 apartments, said developers should keep conversions simple rather than trying to change the framework significantly.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Whether this report is accurate or not, I’m convinced that a sizable minority of adult Americans wouldn’t be able to pass a simple test on percentages, decimals, fractions, and conversions from one to another.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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