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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 Desperately needing a win to avoid falling to 0-4 in Big 12 conference play, the Jayhawks converted five of those attempts. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026 His device converted sound into electrical signals that could travel over wires and be converted back into speech. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026 Rather than kick the extra point to tie it up and likely send the game to overtime, Statesboro converted a two-point attempt. — Mcclain Baxley For The Ajc, AJC.com, 25 Oct. 2026 Atlanta promptly scored a touchdown and converted the two-point attempt. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026 That could include existing commercial buildings that had been converted into homes, such as condos or townhomes. — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026 The Wolf Pack converted five third downs on the 16-play, 64-yard drive. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 Williams converted two free throws with just over 4 seconds left to seal it. — Janie McCauley, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 Simon rotated a telescope towards the night sky while photodiodes detected light from planets and stars—which was then converted into an electrical signal with an analog amplifier. — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 16 Oct. 2026

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Anderson rose to prominence in the early 1980s with a traditional country sound influenced by artists including Merle Haggard and George Jones.

— Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Many of the artists Anderson influenced throughout his prolific career took to social media following news of his death.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of influenced

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In some neighborhoods, as many as one-fourth of housing options have been transformed into short-term rentals.

— Hannah Knowles, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
The elder Lewis eventually transformed the ranch into a commercial complex and started renting space to businesses.

— Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

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Unconvinced that politicians will help These political gestures have not persuaded Linda Moodie, an independent who's been volunteering with Conserve Ohio.

— Andrea Hsu, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026
The missions never fully persuaded shippers that these waterways were safe—especially the Red Sea—or prevented Iran and the Houthis from eventually returning to their efforts to exploit the chokepoints.

— Dana Stroul, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of persuaded

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In the postwar decades, humans seized ecosystems at breakneck speed—forests were felled, prairies plowed, wetlands drained.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Also unfinished are the high-speed rail and the Delta tunnel, major environmental infrastructure projects that have been seized upon by right-wing media as evidence of Newsom’s failures.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of seized

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View this post on Instagram Because of the news of her divorce, the post trickled through the celebrity gossip outlets, and that coverage in turn propagated the post through Google search.

— Mia Sato, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of propagated

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Yet future Israeli leaders may not be overly concerned about that problem, convinced that Israel, with its military might and technological edge, has too much to offer potential partners to be ignored or isolated.

— Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2026
Uthmeier used the case to attack the constitutionality of judicial waivers and convinced the court of appeals to strike down the law.

— Jim Defede, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of convinced

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Italian authorities had bolstered security forces in Milan with hundreds of military troops who conducted searches and confiscated baseball bats, fireworks and face masks from scores of protesters.

— Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Authorities arrested 146 people and confiscated 43 firearms during the three-day operation.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 22 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

Definition of proselytized

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