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converted

verb

past tense of convert

as in influenced

to persuade to change to one's religious faith young missionaries who go door-to-door trying to convert people

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as in transformed

to change in form, appearance, or use the old factory was converted into an apartment building

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as in persuaded

to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request many who used to insist that global warming was a myth have since been converted

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as in seized

to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right the bailee converted the goods to his own use

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Recent Examples of converted After Riley’s 72-yard touchdown on Boise State’s first drive against Fresno State, the Broncos immediately ran a two-point play that sophomore running back Zeke Martinez converted to take an 8-7 lead. — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 11 Oct. 2026 The 21,000-square-foot property has eight bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, a two-bedroom guest cottage, and a ballroom that’s been converted into a game room and home theater. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 11 Oct. 2026 Denver converted just one of 12 third downs and finished with 224 yards, 13 fewer than the Chargers. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026 The remaining nine were designated ammonia-ready, meaning they could be converted to operate on the fuel. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026 Da Costa, on the counter-attack, took a feed from Lassiter and scored from the center of the area in the 10th minute and Janssen converted from the penalty spot to give the Timbers a 2-0 lead in first-half stoppage time. — ABC News, 10 Oct. 2026 Verstappen converted his pole position to his first win of the season, while Hamilton, who was at P18 at one point of the race, finished P3. — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2026 That’s part of why the offense struggled, particularly on third down as Miami only converted two of their nine attempts. — Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026 Baker converted 41 of 44 saves in the regular season, including his last 30. — Rob Maaddi, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026

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But that reconfiguration also influenced how Atlan would film scenes.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026
As a result, the device’s subsequent switching became more predictable, indicating that its earlier electrical activity had influenced its future behavior.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026

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The broadcaster and champion of the high street, who transformed the fortunes of Harvey Nichols, picks her favourites.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 16 Oct. 2026
Almost two centuries later, scientists are still asking the same question, but our ability to answer it has been transformed.

— Amy L. Scarpignato, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of transformed

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The suspect, identified as Tyler Robinson, was detained following a 33-hour manhunt after his parents recognized him from surveillance footage broadcast in the media and persuaded him to turn himself in.

— Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
What finally persuaded Keitel was a lengthy passage written by Ferrara’s collaborator Zoë Lund, who also plays a woman with whom the lieutenant mainlines heroine.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026

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The latest conflict between the Saudis and the Houthis began last month after the rebels seized key areas along the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a critical waterway for oil shipments.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
Another Renoir, a Cézanne and a Matisse were taken from the Magnani Rocca Foundation near Parma, Italy, in March (and also later recovered), while four Renaissance paintings by Antonello da Messina were seized from a Sicilian museum in August.

— Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026

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Cultivation The plant grows naturally on riverbeds, grasslands, and human-disturbed areas; it can be propagated from both seeds and stem cuttings.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
Propagating ‘Kaleidoscope’ Abelia ‘Kaleidoscope’ Abelia is patent-protected and cannot be propagated.

— Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of propagated

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Viewers will come away convinced the world’s richest man mostly excels at self-promotion; they’ll also be frightened by the power he’s accrued.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026
Back on Wall Street, Keirstead of UBS wasn’t convinced taking Workday private was necessary, reasonable, or even possible.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of convinced

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Walker says another goal is getting confiscated turtles back to the wild, but as Kung notes, smugglers commingle different turtles, spreading diseases that must be kept out of wild populations.

— Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
Those numbers include 759 false identification cards confiscated, 378 alcohol-possession-by-a-minor violations and 98 fake-ID citations during the calendar-year reporting period, according to Oxford Police.

— Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026

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The National Federation of Federal Employees and several individual USDA employees sued the department on May 13, alleging that Secretary Brooke Rollins has illegally proselytized workers.

— BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 13 May 2026
The two firms that have proselytized the recapitalization of enterprise software the most in this field are Thoma Bravo, with about $184 billion in assets, and Vista Equity Partners, with about $100 billion.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026

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