convert
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Plants use related processes to capture energy from sunlight and convert it into stored chemical energy.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
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
CEO Paul Mahoney says the company has over 2 gigawatts of opportunity pipeline to tap into and to convert into “meaningful commercial awards.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Churches keep them in case a prayer meeting is challenged and its organisers are accused of trying to convert those inside.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
In order to survive, human beings have to consume food, which is an ordered form of energy, and convert it into heat, which is a disordered form of energy.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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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
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
During flight, the AI-based policy receives information about the robot's position and converts it into real-time commands controlling factors such as thrust force and torques.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
“We think the lockup-expiry overhang is an opportunity rather than a risk, offering a rare entry point into a generational compounder that converts energy into swarming,” the bullish analyst said in a recent client note.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
The standard question rule in English converts You are seeing what? into What are you seeing? and hence You are looking at what? into What are you looking at?
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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This show is filmed in a room of Gleib’s house that was converted into an 18-seat studio.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
A more fluid system has also been used to great effect by world and European champions Spain, who have deployed converted wingers Mikel Oyarzabal and Ferran Torres as strikers.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The 61st floor, whose exterior features a tribute to the radiator caps of early Chrysler vehicles, is to be converted into a dining space with access to outdoor terraces.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
The team started with human peripheral monocytes collected from blood samples and converted them into microglia-like cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
Watson had always suspected that DNA was first converted into an intermediate message.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Airbnb has been using internal AI tools to build and release app features faster, converting more visitors into paid bookings.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Researchers expose rock samples to neutrons, converting the non-radioactive potassium isotope potassium-39 into argon-39.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
Indian law allows people of different faiths to marry without converting, but requires a month's notice.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 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
Her retina is converting those images to electronic signals.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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