convert
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This way, you don’t have to worry so much about the value of your points, because they’ll usually convert directly into statement credits or money deposited into your bank account at a consistent, flat rate.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
“Don’t know the reason for it. Obviously, it never feels good to not convert outs. So yeah, I think that it’s one of those things that we got to get better at.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
It would offer federal incentives to communities that build more housing, make manufactured and modular homes easier to develop and help convert underused properties into residences.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
"We can't really rule that out yet, but our data supports a different model. These cells actually convert over time, which is really surprising."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
She had agreed with every word he said—was a regular convert already!
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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"We found that something as simple as the type of chewing gum used alongside beetroot juice can influence how effectively the body converts dietary nitrate into compounds that help lower blood pressure."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
He says that AIR converts almost all of the diverted water into ice.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Beyond your retirement savings, other sources of funds to pay for an extended healthcare crisis can include a reverse mortgage that converts home equity into cash and selling certain investments.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
The top lifts off and converts into a pendant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
Among the early converts to the religion of DNA was a young physicist from New Zealand, Maurice Wilkins.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Lujo converted from the infield to center field at Georgia and has plus speed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
However, the Korean shares cannot be converted into ADRs, preventing arbitrage by exploiting the discrepancy.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Opta values every penalty at approximately 0.79 expected goals, reflecting the historical reality that about 79% of spot-kicks are converted.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
The Midtown building, the former headquarters of Pfizer, was in the process of being converted from offices into residential units when workers spotted structural concerns on its 21st floor Tuesday, officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
The converted bomber aircraft they were going to fly in was another of Andrey Tupolev’s designs.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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Scientists have long known that oral bacteria are essential for converting nitrate into nitrite.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
This means light must pass through layers of nerve fibres before reaching the photoreceptors – specialised cells responsible for detecting light and converting that into a nerve impulse to send to the brain.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
“Their challenge is converting early advantages into broader productivity,” the economists added.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
The redevelopment plan under MetroLoft calls for converting the nearly 1.6 million-square-foot complex—spanning a full Manhattan block—into apartments, from studios to three-bedrooms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
What she and her husband couldn’t know–what no one could know until Einstein explained things the following decade–was that the rocks were converting mass into energy in an exceedingly efficient way.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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