translate (into)

verb

Definition of translate (into)next
as in to cause
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind) it remains to be seen whether the policy changes will translate into true progress

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  1. cause
  2. create
  3. bring
  4. generate
  5. prompt
  6. do
  7. produce
Verb
  • At least one of these strikes will drag on for weeks, causing meaningful disruption.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • As investigators continue to determine the motives and mindset that allegedly prompted Luigi Mangione to gun down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York nearly three weeks ago, there is concern among some criminologists about the long-term impacts that public assassination could cause.
    Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of cause
Verb
  • The first order of business in the House is its constitutional obligation to elect its speaker, a process that has created high drama in recent years as Kevin McCarthy took 15 ballots to ultimately seize the gavel at the beginning of the 118th Congress.
    Lauren Peller, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The plant is expected to create more than 3,000 jobs.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of create
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  • Saturday brought a small flurry of transactions, as the Guardians and Diamondbacks made a trade and Paul Goldschmidt and Carlos Santana found 2025 homes.
    Keith Law, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The effort, which proved successful, brought further awareness to Wyss’s giving.
    Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of bring
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  • Globally, about 500 family businesses generate about $8 trillion in revenue.
    Radu Magdin, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
  • While that deal will continue generating headlines as the new owner’s strategy sharpens, a trio of the Traitors super-indie’s biggest rivals are heavily rumored to be on the block.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of generate
Verb
  • The original wedding site was quite a ways outside Vancouver, where the show is primarily filmed, but concerns about the limited options for pivoting in case the unpredictable June weather interfered prompted them to move the location three or four days before filming took place.
    Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Tesla’s stock has surged since CEO Elon Musk helped bankroll President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, but its auto business has been sluggish, prompting the company to offer discounts in the hopes of juicing sales.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of prompt
Verb
  • Physicists at the University of Pennsylvania developed a model based on network theory to do just that, describing their work in a February paper published in the journal Physical Review Research.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
  • It’s also thought that an internal pick has the ability to hit the ground running, as an external hire would have a lot of learning to do.
    Kathryn Hopkins, WWD, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of do
Verb
  • By harnessing water, not burning oil or gas, to produce electricity, this new energy matrix was supposed to help mitigate the effects of global climate change — not make Ecuador a victim of it.
    José María León Cabrera, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
  • This time Riot gave employees two years instead of just a few months to produce digital goods players could spend on.
    Cecilia D’Anastasio, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of produce
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