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transfer

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




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The top back row options for coach Stefanie Wigfall, who will likely pass the 400-win mark this season, are senior Olive Shum and Mira Costa transfer Blake Gurney.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

In Brazil, where personalities often matter more than party labels, powerful leaders have long tried to transfer their popularity to handpicked successors—with wildly mixed results.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Cool and store: Let the syrup cool, then transfer it to a jar with a lid or a deli container.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

The transfer is expected to be completed in the coming days.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Taken together, topics like these are known as psi, the scientific study of “processes of information or energy transfer that are currently unexplained in terms of known physical or biological mechanisms.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Some 8.7 million voters were registered in the copper-rich nation of 22 million, which has a long record of peaceful transfers of power.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

He said he became suspicious when the SPV operator only accepted wire transfers, and after one operator was willing to take his money even past its stated deadline to participate in the offer.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

In May, the government announced legislative plans for an agreement on animal transfers between the UK and the EU and Twycross is calling on the new prime minister to continue the task.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

He boards a legacy Air Force One, but secretly transfers to a smaller military aircraft and departs Turkey.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

“Well, all the faction transfers have a secret club,” I say, leaning back in my chair.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

The Met has said the original report, made to Devon and Cornwall Police in 2017, was transferred to London because the alleged offending took place within its jurisdiction.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

“I’ve been working pretty much myself,” said the 5-foot-11, 210-pound running back who transferred from Mira Costa to Gardena Serra.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

In another context, a president being quietly transferred between aircraft in a service vehicle might register as little more than a piece of security choreography — unusual, perhaps, but hardly ready-made for farce.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

That means a couple that has transferred their primary home to a revocable trust—a move often made to help heirs avoid probate—should be exempt from the tax.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

He was transferred onto a specially designed thick mattress nestled atop a box full of cushions.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

The copper-rich southern African country 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. 16, 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

But even transferring cash to an ultrashort bond fund could deliver a higher yield than a money-market fund, Royal said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Researchers were breathing in the air around HeLa cells, touching them and transferring them from vial to vial, even eating lunch at lab tables beside them.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot




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