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transfer

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




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This arrangement gives them unusual chemical properties, including an ability to participate in reactions involving the transfer of electrons, known as redox reactions.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

"The learning and technology transfer goes in both ways, as far as is legally possible."

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

Jackson asks the court to order the executor of her father’s estate to make a preliminary transfer of $600 million, or another amount it deemed fit, to the Michael Jackson Family Trust.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

But seen today, in a transfer that glistens, it is more interesting than that: It’s Lean’s daring attempt to make a love triangle appear as monumental as it would have seemed to its benighted participants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

“I’ll be in touch with you in the coming days regarding the logistics of the transfer of the funds.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

According to ship tracker Kpler, oil flows through the strait, including associated ship-to-ship transfers, averaged around 7.8 million barrels a day in the week through Nov. 1, around 45% of prewar levels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 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

To gain access to private keys or the systems that authorise transfers, hackers can exploit a software vulnerability, deploy malicious software, or target individuals -- for instance through phishing.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

During their double drop descent, Wolves - who remarkably suffered a treble drop to the bottom tier in the 1980s - burned through four managers and made a series of poor transfers.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

He and other transfers from my class recognized from snapshots the daughter of whom the older woman was so proud: Foster.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

He led the Rangers to a junior college national championship and then transferred to East Carolina, before eventually landing at Washington State.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

The US army then transferred more than 5,700 detainees of about 60 nationalities to Iraq, including at least five French nationals.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

“He was transferred to Johns Hopkins for further monitoring and is responding well to treatment,” Murphy’s chief of staff, Allison Herwitt, said in a statement.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

But consumers should be aware that many of these cards charge an upfront fee of 3% to 5% of the total amount transferred.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

All he knew was that, in rapid succession, Goldman created a bunch of multibillion-dollar deals that transferred to AIG the responsibility for all future losses from $20 billion in triple-B-rated subprime mortgage bonds.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Premiering off-Broadway in February 2024 and set to run six weeks, the show was given multiple extensions before transferring to Broadway, where it won Tony Awards for Escola’s performance and Pinkleton’s directing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

From this perspective, the ability to draw on decades of experience could be especially valuable for making judgments, guiding others, and transferring important information between generations.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Yet Edward soon recoiled from this facile conflation, transferring a year later, in 1900, to the New York School of Art.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

I recognize that transferring it to him would affect the inheritance ultimately received by Son #2.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

“I was telling your ba that you should consider transferring to Lincoln High for your last year of school,” Mrs. Kuen said to me.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu


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