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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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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
What's inside: The now-law transfers $227 million to the state's Helene disaster recovery fund, $100 million for a loan program for water and wastewater repairs after Helene and $100 million for loans to local governments in areas affected by the storm.
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Lucille Sherman, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
Another user agreed, likening the phenomenon to temporary tattoos and explaining that moisture likely caused the ink on the bag to transfer to the breadstick before it was baked.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
Russia has also been transferring weaponry and personnel away from Syria, directing some of those resources instead to the war in Ukraine.
—Willem Marx, NPR, 30 Nov. 2024
Press dough into a ball and transfer some into a cookie press.
—Micah A Leal, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2024
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Lucille Sherman, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
Another user agreed, likening the phenomenon to temporary tattoos and explaining that moisture likely caused the ink on the bag to transfer to the breadstick before it was baked.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
Russia has also been transferring weaponry and personnel away from Syria, directing some of those resources instead to the war in Ukraine.
—Willem Marx, NPR, 30 Nov. 2024
Press dough into a ball and transfer some into a cookie press.
—Micah A Leal, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2024
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Apple is ceding ground to the likes of the Galaxy A series, Nothing Phones, OnePlus Nords and the Pixel 8a.Ewan Spence, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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In some sections, terra-cotta drops away, ceding the façade to sections of matte-brass finials and glass with a soft sandstone hue.Justin Davidson, Curbed, 4 Dec. 2024
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At tropical destinations or areas with high rates of illnesses transmitted by mosquitos, use insect repellent and consider mosquito nets, Robinson says.Gary Stoller, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Larger storage space means more data can be stored, transmitted and processed, which enhances the performance of AI applications as the large language models (LLM) enable them to have more parameters to train on.Wayne Chang, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
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Russia not only sends the North Korean troops to storm Ukrainian positions, but also tries to conceal losses of these people.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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The Writers Guild of America sent a letter to Hollywood studios including Disney, Sony and Netflix, asking them to take action against tech companies who are using writers’ work to train AI.Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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The team’s pattern of drafting college hitters who should move quickly says that that is not their mindset, so go spend some of Arte’s money.Keith Law, The Athletic, 11 Dec. 2024
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Staple explained his goal for the partnership is to continue moving fashion into the future and to utilize technologies to improve the customer experience.Layla Ilchi, WWD, 10 Dec. 2024
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Three guys broke into his underground car park at 3 AM, cut the chain, and stole the bike, but get this – left the Harley.New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Dec. 2024
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If left untreated, binge eating disorder can lead to excessive weight gain, metabolic issues like type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and even certain cancers.Wendy Wisner, Health, 7 Dec. 2024
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Soros recently handed control over his multibillion-dollar Open Society Foundations over to his son, Alex Soros, following the 2022 midterm elections.Scott Walter, Baltimore Sun, 5 Dec. 2024
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How Creighton handed Kansas a loss Kansas entered Wednesday’s road game against Creighton as the No. 1 team in the nation, and an undefeated one at that.Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
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Updated Policy Under new gender policies announced Wednesday, players must either be assigned female at birth or have transitioned to female prior to undergoing male puberty to be eligible for LPGA tournaments or the eight U.S. Golf Association championships designated for female competitors.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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Together the journalists—the only four of Palestinian descent at their newspaper—are assigned to interview an old man who is his family’s last living eyewitness of the 1948 Nakba, during which more than 750,000 Palestinians fled from their home or were expelled by the new state of Israel.Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2024
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Kaitlyn, who teaches third grade, is already spreading her love of Swift to her young charges.Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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Her show in Tampa, Florida, on April 13, 2023, was the first after word spread of the split.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Transfer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transfer. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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