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as in ceded
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 transmitted
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 sent
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 relocated
to change the place or position of
transferred the car keys from my pocket to my purse
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as in handed
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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as in passed
to shift possession of (something) from one person to another
transferred the ball to the running back
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Recent Examples of transferred
But they were turned away by the guards, who told them that the ward’s detainees had been transferred elsewhere.
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Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Another possibility is that their bodies simply don’t respond as well to IVF stimulation drugs—medications that push the ovaries to produce multiple mature eggs at once that are later inseminated to make embryos that can be transferred to the uterus in the hopes of establishing a pregnancy.
—Sarah Elizabeth Richards, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 2026
Democrats have questioned why after the interview that Maxwell was transferred to a lower-security prison facility.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
This matters for future shareholders, namely those buying shares after the IPO, as substantial value has already been transferred to insiders before public investors bought shares.
—Brad Badertscher, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
Four additional members of the group, Babak Alipour, Vahid Bani Amerian, Abolhassan Montazer and Pouya Ghobadi, were transferred as well.
—Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Doctors at the hospital near their home in Lowell, Indiana, ran tests that suggested Liam might have meningitis and transferred the boy about an hour north to a larger hospital in Chicago.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 2 Apr. 2026
Yaxel Lendeborg transferred to Michigan this season after stints at junior college and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
—Krystle Rich, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
But Florida expects to return Orlando’s Isaiah Brown and his older brother AJ, who transferred last spring from Ohio and redshirted following shoulder surgery.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Another possibility is that their bodies simply don’t respond as well to IVF stimulation drugs—medications that push the ovaries to produce multiple mature eggs at once that are later inseminated to make embryos that can be transferred to the uterus in the hopes of establishing a pregnancy.
—Sarah Elizabeth Richards, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 2026
Democrats have questioned why after the interview that Maxwell was transferred to a lower-security prison facility.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
This matters for future shareholders, namely those buying shares after the IPO, as substantial value has already been transferred to insiders before public investors bought shares.
—Brad Badertscher, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
Four additional members of the group, Babak Alipour, Vahid Bani Amerian, Abolhassan Montazer and Pouya Ghobadi, were transferred as well.
—Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Doctors at the hospital near their home in Lowell, Indiana, ran tests that suggested Liam might have meningitis and transferred the boy about an hour north to a larger hospital in Chicago.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 2 Apr. 2026
Yaxel Lendeborg transferred to Michigan this season after stints at junior college and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
—Krystle Rich, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
But Florida expects to return Orlando’s Isaiah Brown and his older brother AJ, who transferred last spring from Ohio and redshirted following shoulder surgery.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transferred
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The Marathas ceded Nagar Haveli to the Portuguese in 1783 as compensation for a Portuguese vessel that their navy had destroyed.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Boswell, the team’s senior leader, has ceded time on the ball to Wagler during the freshman’s remarkable rise to being named a second-team All-American.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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As pitches are tracked by cameras around the field, that data is transmitted quickly and reliably to the ABS system operator in the press box, who can then deliver the results back to the field within seconds.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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Your precise coordinates are never transmitted to or stored by the AJC.—
AJC.com,
AJC.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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Metayer’s death sent shockwaves through South Florida.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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Hezbollah resumed firing rockets from Lebanon into Israel, and Israel has sent troops into Lebanon, urging residents of whole neighborhoods of Beirut to evacuate.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2026
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Fred Rosen and the revenue-sharing/exclusivity model In 1982, Fred Rosen was appointed Ticketmaster’s CEO, at which point the company’s headquarters were relocated to Los Angeles, California.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Playgrounds at Century Oaks, Hilltop and Illinois Park schools need to be relocated due to construction at all three campuses, according to meeting documents.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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In fact, the questioning of Chalker was part of a postmortem examination of a misstep by the case officer who had handed him the key.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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The message was handed to the party’s head, Sheikh Hammam Hamoudi, by the Iranian ambassador to Iraq during a meeting.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
29 Mar. 2026
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About 20% of global oil supplies passed through the waterway before the war.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
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But there was no finger pointing, no blame passed.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
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The missing candy bars could enter unofficial sales channels across European markets, the company said, but if this does happen, all products can be traced using the unique batch code assigned to individual bars.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2026
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The Israeli military said he was assigned to the 890th Battalion, Paratroopers Brigade.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Because this month’s layoffs are not confined to tech and spread across airlines, logistics, food production, healthcare, and more, the overall job market may be entering a recalibration period due to cost pressures and the rise of artificial intelligence.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Starting Wednesday, videos and posters will be plastered in subways and public spaces, spreading awareness about the negative components of what can be a disturbing encounter.—
Allen Devlin,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Transferred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transferred. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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