convert
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Harrison Mevis failed to convert two field-goal attempts, including a winning kick in overtime that was blocked by Buffalo linebacker Greg Rousseau.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
"The stronger businesses may be those that can deliver growth above expectations, convert that growth into cash, fund future investment from a strong balance sheet and still offer enough earnings upside to justify their valuation."
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Great Britain hope to qualify and in a bid to boost their chances, they are looking to identify male and female athletes from other sports who have the potential to convert.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Researchers at Oregon State University have created a new class of materials that can use light to produce hydrogen from water, offering a potentially cleaner way to convert solar energy into fuel.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
Like, if it's a sum, maybe we should convert the clues to numbers.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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The AQI converts measurements of pollutants into a single figure indicating air quality and potential health risks.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 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
The method converts the distances between events into a single measurement called an SVM score.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 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
“It converts saltwater into freshwater,” I tell him.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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The fight in San Francisco mirrors friction nationwide in cities that have increasingly installed bike lanes and converted streets to pedestrian use.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The team also converted some of the collected skin cells into induced neurons, allowing the researchers to examine cellular recycling in three different cell types.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Some of Kyiv's most vulnerable citizens – the elderly and women with young children – are being offered places in converted sanatoriums and rehabilitation centres in the city's forested outskirts.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
"Given the misuse of the tool, the Artex project will no longer be updated and will be converted to closed-source," the developer said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
He worked late at night in a small room we’d converted to a study at the rear of our apartment—a crowded, book-strewn bunker I referred to lovingly as the Hole.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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To study how these cells react to inflammatory signals, the researchers developed a method for converting a type of white blood cell into microglia.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
She produced 12 winners and made just 11 unforced errors, compared to her opponent's 24, converting five of her 14 break points with some impressive groundstrokes.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
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
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
The canvas hood had been folded back because of the mild weather, converting the car into a magnificent open tourer.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
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