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transfer

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




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St. John Bosco is starting the season without its two prized transfer students, offensive tackle Elisha Mueller and defensive back Kingston Fatu, who will will be eligible on Sept. 28.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

Myles Lewis-Skelly: A confident performance in the middle of pitch which makes all the talk of him potentially being sold during this transfer window look very silly.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

With alternative shipping routes and ship-to-ship transfer of crude to avoid the Strait of Hormuz, the market is reaching a “sort of equilibrium” where operations aren’t as disrupted as much as before, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

However, it is also a huge saving on what Brighton were demanding as the 2025 transfer deadline approached.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

One time, after Schindler had paused to talk to me at my workstation, he ordered the person who drew up the work schedule to transfer me to the day shift.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

They’re direct transfers from IRAs to charities, up to $111,000 annually.

From MarketWatch Aug. 23, 2026

The CIF had stopped considering possible changes in several policies, including transfers, while the lawsuit played out.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

Humanitarian groups have harshly criticized the transfers, saying they put migrants at risk of incarceration and inhumane treatment.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

"Your "backup" bank does not have the functionality you state it does. I can't make bank transfers right now," said another, external.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

For some reason, instead of looking for transfers, we were going to sit in a bus.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers

Information carried by a rapidly moving light wave can be transferred to much slower sound waves, where it is temporarily retained, and then converted back into light.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

He was quietly transferred into the custody of the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Omnicom transferred hundreds of the staffers who built its AI platform to a third-party contractor.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

"After the completion of this entire process, he was transferred back to Adiala Jail."

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

Off the coast of Greenland, Kane and his crew were finally rescued by a passing merchant ship and later transferred to the American rescue vessel.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Researchers still do not know how long queens can continue transferring contaminants into their eggs, what the long-term consequences may be for the colony, or whether the process differs depending on the pesticide involved.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

Kushner pressed Hamas to take the first concrete steps toward transferring authority to a new civilian body and decommissioning its weapons to push forward the plan, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

According to interviews and internal emails reviewed by ProPublica, career staffers at the Justice Department warned that transferring voter rolls to HSI to enable it to search for noncitizen voters could violate federal privacy laws.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

Zambia has a long record of transferring power through the ballot box, with every change of president since the return to multiparty politics in 1991 achieved through elections.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

“Well, Padre, they do have to fly more than seventy missions, because we’re transferring Dr. Stubbs to the Pacific. So adios, Padre. Adios.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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