1
as in to cede
to give over the legal possession or ownership of
Claire's grandfather agreed to transfer certain stocks to her when she turned 18
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2
as in to transmit
to cause (something) to pass from one to another
they used Morse Code to transfer the message from one ship to another
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as in to send
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another
will have to transfer you from our San Francisco office to our New York headquarters
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as in to move
to change the place or position of
transferred the car keys from my pocket to my purse
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as in to leave
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another
before she left the country, she transferred all her record books and important papers to her mother
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Recent Examples of transfer
Sherri was released from prison in August 2023 and transferred to a residential reentry facility in Sacramento County, Calif.
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Jessica Sager, People.com, 23 May 2025
Investigators said the money generated from the narcotics trafficking was taken to a broker in Brooklyn, New York, before it was laundered and transferred to Aguilar-Linares and others.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 23 May 2025
But then officials said the baby had been sent to the local civil-affairs office, which had transferred her to an orphanage.
—Barbara Demick, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
She was turned over to ICE, sent to a processing center in Vermont and then transferred to the Richwood Correctional Center in Monroe, Louisiana.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 12 May 2025
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Jessica Sager, People.com, 23 May 2025
Investigators said the money generated from the narcotics trafficking was taken to a broker in Brooklyn, New York, before it was laundered and transferred to Aguilar-Linares and others.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 23 May 2025
But then officials said the baby had been sent to the local civil-affairs office, which had transferred her to an orphanage.
—Barbara Demick, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
She was turned over to ICE, sent to a processing center in Vermont and then transferred to the Richwood Correctional Center in Monroe, Louisiana.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 12 May 2025
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Forced to retreat back deeper in the field thanks to the arrival of Kylian Mbappe, Bellingham has been nowhere near as effective this term as Madrid was bulldozed by FC Barcelona in four Clasicos and lost the Copa del Rey and Super Cup finals to it while also ceding La Liga to the Catalans.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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Russia has demanded Ukraine recognize the regions as Russian in order to halt the conflict, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has refused to cede territory to Russia to bring an end to the war.—
Isabel van Brugen,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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Of particular concern right now are native Culex mosquitoes, which can transmit deadly West Nile virus, Diaz said.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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Balancing the critical need to expand the capacity to generate and transmit electricity within Maryland with environmental and other considerations is a daunting challenge, as demonstrated by the controversy over the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project (MPRP) proposed by PJM Interconnection.—
David Plymyer,
Baltimore Sun,
19 May 2025
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All of Avicii’s Albums Have Hit the Top 10 Avicii has sent half a dozen titles to the Official Dance Albums ranking.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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The Senate could accept the change and send the legislation to Abbott for approval or send the bill to a conference committee made up of House and Senate members to draft a compromise.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 May 2025
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If the execution moves forward this time, Smith will be the first inmate executed in Tennessee since 2020 and the 19th in the U.S. this year.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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By all accounts, seeing the interior of the home is a moving experience.—
Maurice Carlos Ruffin,
Time,
21 May 2025
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What's left is rosemary, a spice that many, many people already have in their kitchen, or maybe even growing like an angry weed in their backyard.—
Matthew Korfhage,
Wired News,
18 May 2025
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With 5:43 left, Bobby McMann set up Max Pacioretty with an insurance goal.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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Clean energy investment was worth $2.1 trillion in 2024, and while America’s clean energy economy has boomed since 2022, ceding this economic opportunity by killing off a fast-growing industry will hand that investment and jobs growth to competitors like China and the European Union.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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Why did Haaland hand the ball over to Omar Marmoush?—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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Among other resources, three engines have also been assigned to fight the wildfire.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
19 May 2025
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The re-tasking of U.S. naval ships assigned to the western Pacific theater comes as China—now possessing the world's largest navy by hull count, with more than 370 vessels—expands its military reach and presence in the region, attempting to challenge American naval dominance.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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Biden's cancer is characterized as having a Gleason score of 9, grade group 5, which would mean the cells look very different from healthy cells and are likely to grow and spread more quickly.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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Measles was fully eliminated from the U.S. in 2000, according to the CDC, meaning the virus was not spreading within the country and new cases only came from people who contracted measles abroad and returned to the U.S.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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“Transfer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transfer. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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