converted

past tense of convert
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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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Recent Examples of converted The tiny extra amount of hydrogen is converted into a tremendous amount of energy. Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 19 July 2026 The bulk of the campus had been quickly converted after its previous occupant went down in the fallout from the dot-com bust. Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026 Clark converted a three-point play that gave Indiana its first lead of the game at 50-49 early in the third quarter. ABC News, 18 July 2026 Young spent most of last season on a two-way deal with the Heat before being converted to a standard contract in the final days of the season. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026 When generative AI products like Midjourney and Stable Diffusion began threatening the creative software category in late 2022, Adobe converted the shift into a visible governance event within six months. Kerry Huang, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 The contract can be converted to a two-way deal up until opening night. Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026 This former cold storage warehouse dating back to the end of the 19th century, converted into a residential building by architect Harry Weese in 1981, is a prime example of adaptive reuse. Rachel Freundt, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026 Bellingham scored two goals 98 seconds apart in the first half, and six minutes after Jarell Quansah was sent off, Kane converted a penalty to restore England’s two-goal lead. Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for converted
Verb
  • The precise impact of any individual funding reduction is difficult to quantify because the Ebola outbreak and its spread has been influenced by many factors, including political turmoil, armed conflict and mistrust in healthcare workers.
    Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
  • The latest report by the country's public ‌health ⁠institute says transmission remains sustained, with recent fluctuations in cases likely influenced by reporting delays and ongoing data consolidation.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
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  • The city and the Earthquakes, San Jose’s hometown Major League Soccer club, transformed the square into a weeks-long festival.
    Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 19 July 2026
  • The Fan Village in Rockefeller Center will have programming on game day, with the rink transformed into a temporary pitch.
    Ali Farooqui, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2026
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  • But the $1,000 incentive persuaded the couple, whose daughter Maya was born in late March, to start an account anyway.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
  • But the threat alone has persuaded some ships to abandon their plans to exit the Red Sea heading south.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
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  • The goal was limited to driving out the Iraqi troops who'd seized Kuwait.
    Greg Myre, NPR, 18 July 2026
  • Trump has seized on primary wins by progressive Democrats to constantly stoke new fears about communism.
    Will Weissert, Fortune, 18 July 2026
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  • Over time, that standard propagated across the broader platform.
    Vishal Saxena, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • This is the notion, endlessly propagated online, that white populations in modern Western countries are being replaced by brown and Black alien populations, and that this replacement is a project — commonly attributed to Jews.
    Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
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  • Having convinced the wide player that coming under his tutelage is the right next step, following talks with Chelsea post-Rogers’ sale, Garnacho is set for a critical, arguably career-defining, 12 months.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Lassally wanted Craig Ferguson for the job and eventually convinced the network to sign the Scottish comedian.
    Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
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  • When the Nazis confiscated the negative and shipped it back to Berlin, Hensel safeguarded it in the Reichsfilmarchiv vaults in Berlin until the Allied victory.
    Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026
  • Bečov Castle, near the German border, was confiscated by Czechoslovakia after World War II because its owners, the Beaufort-Spontin family, were labeled Nazi sympathizers.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 18 July 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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“Converted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/converted. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.

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