How to Use conversion in a Sentence

conversion

noun
  • Conversion to gas heating will continue over the next few years.
  • They have suggested conversion of the old school into apartments.
  • The company is undergoing a conversion to a new computer system.
  • He is thinking about conversion to Buddhism.
  • One choice is to get a hot rod conversion, like the one for Hawk’s car.
    Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2022
  • And his two-point conversion run in the first overtime forced NAZ to do the same thing.
    Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 9 June 2023
  • Here are more things to think about with a garage conversion.
    Ryan Conner, Dallas News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • In fact, the rate of conversion can be as much as eight times higher at 8%.
    Paul Kirwin, Forbes, 18 July 2022
  • Atlanta ranks fifth in the NFL with a 44% conversion rate.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Head coach Rick Jackson elected to go for the two-point conversion and the win.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2023
  • That penalty helped the Jaguars score on a two-point conversion.
    Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2023
  • And his conversion kick with four seconds left won the game.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
  • His 44% conversion rate is one of the lowest in the ACC and the lowest of his three seasons with the Seminoles.
    Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The four-year conversion took place at the yacht’s home shipyard of Damen Maaskant in the western Netherlands.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2024
  • But Las Vegas, which had the sixth-worst conversion rate coming in, was 3 for 3 in the red zone.
    W.g. Ramirez, Chron, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Needing a 2-point conversion to tie the game, Raynor missed on a pass that was too high for Reagan Ealy in the back of the end zone.
    Mike Harley, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2023
  • The effective conversion rate of the new debt is $9.86 per ADS.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 3 Mar. 2023
  • This led to the nation’s first conversion of a railroad to a public trail.
    John Carpenter, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2023
  • In some ways, the words of Jesus at her conversion were prophetic.
    Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Out back, there’s a sleek new pool and detached garage, primed for conversion.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 Apr. 2025
  • And the project will also be a test case of whether office-to-housing conversions can scale.
    Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 23 May 2023
  • The all-electric Rolls and the painstaking conversion process are covered in Momoa’s new show, On the Roam.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Set in 1993, Cameron is sent to conversion camp after she's caught canoodling in the backseat of a car with her school's prom queen.
    Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 30 May 2022
  • Eagle Rock went for the win but a two-point conversion attempt failed.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The Bills own the best fourth-down conversion rate heading into Week 15.
    Sean Treppedi, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
  • If all goes well, the EV conversion option might be available by the end of summer 2023.
    Matthew Skwarczek, Car and Driver, 29 May 2023
  • The two then joined forces for the two-point conversion with 50 seconds left in the game that gave Houston the victory.
    Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Mahomes hits Travis Kelce for the 2-point conversion play.
    Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Sep. 2022
  • His late conversion on Ukraine was apparently never enough to satisfy Trump’s push to make a peace deal on Vladimir Putin’s terms.
    Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 1 May 2025
  • In fact, at the midway point, they were ranked 18th on the man advantage with a 20 percent conversion rate, significantly behind the Senators.
    James Mirtle, New York Times, 1 May 2025

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