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conversion

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


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When Braxton Sorensen-McGee, with less than 10 minutes remaining, landed a tough conversion to bring the Black Ferns level at 19-19, the Red Roses once again found themselves in a sticky situation.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Those measures include "protecting and rewetting peatlands, addressing drainage and deforestation, and ensuring burned forests are protected from subsequent conversion and appropriately restored," Ronna said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

These salts perform two jobs at once, acting as both the reaction medium and the catalyst that drives the chemical conversion.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

The military conversion could also add questions to an already complicated approval process.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

Cooksey witnessed firsthand the conversion of a skeptic into a believer in April 1938, while he was traveling back east on what amounted to a sales mission.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

JSerra quarterback Hayes Cloutier, who threw two touchdowns and rushed for three, engineered all three second-half conversions, two with his legs and one with his arm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Centennial’s defense was top notch all night, only allowing two third-down conversions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Your $1.53 million portfolio is a nice cushion that you can draw from and/or with the help of your CFP, make strategic Roth conversions.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

On the other hand, such conversions could make sense if the owner plans to leave the Roth IRA to a spouse, and the spouse plans to leave it to heirs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

After the destruction of Tenochtitlan, the Spanish court and intellectual elite were convulsed with argument for a century about whether the conversions were worth the suffering inflicted.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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