1
as in influencing
to persuade to change to one's religious faith
young missionaries who go door-to-door trying to convert people
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2
as in transforming
to change in form, appearance, or use
the old factory was converted into an apartment building
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as in persuading
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 seizing
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 converting
McDaniels delivered 20 points, converting 9 of 13 shots, and added 10 rebounds.
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Troy Renck, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
Burj Al Arab in Dubai has marketed a 25% discount and FIVE Palm Jumeirah is converting room costs into credit for food, beverage, and spa services.
—Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Preston Judd added a brace after converting a pair of crosses from Paul Marie, and Stanford product Ousseni Bouda added his fifth goal of the season, tying him with Judd for the team lead.
—Harold Gutmann, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
Motta — who joined Lazio in January — stopped shots from Gianluca Scamacca, Davide Zappacosta, Mario Pasalic and Charles De Ketelaere as Lazio won the shootout 2-1 with Gustav Isaksen and Kenneth Taylor converting for the visitors.
—ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
The plan calls for converting city buses to electric by 2028 and installing 120,000 EV chargers.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
The facility is the first of its kind in North America, converting spodumene ore directly into battery-grade lithium hydroxide.
—John Pacenti, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Musk originally sued OpenAI and Microsoft in 2024 over claims related to the ChatGPT maker converting from a research nonprofit to a for-profit enterprise.
—John Kell, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
By converting this spectrum into a color that humans can see, the astronomers calculated the average color of the universe.
—Manjishtha Bhattacharyya, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Apr. 2026
Troy Renck, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
Burj Al Arab in Dubai has marketed a 25% discount and FIVE Palm Jumeirah is converting room costs into credit for food, beverage, and spa services.
—Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Preston Judd added a brace after converting a pair of crosses from Paul Marie, and Stanford product Ousseni Bouda added his fifth goal of the season, tying him with Judd for the team lead.
—Harold Gutmann, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
Motta — who joined Lazio in January — stopped shots from Gianluca Scamacca, Davide Zappacosta, Mario Pasalic and Charles De Ketelaere as Lazio won the shootout 2-1 with Gustav Isaksen and Kenneth Taylor converting for the visitors.
—ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
The plan calls for converting city buses to electric by 2028 and installing 120,000 EV chargers.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
The facility is the first of its kind in North America, converting spodumene ore directly into battery-grade lithium hydroxide.
—John Pacenti, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Musk originally sued OpenAI and Microsoft in 2024 over claims related to the ChatGPT maker converting from a research nonprofit to a for-profit enterprise.
—John Kell, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
By converting this spectrum into a color that humans can see, the astronomers calculated the average color of the universe.
—Manjishtha Bhattacharyya, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for converting
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Tasul later helped researchers understand how climate change is influencing the diets of wild polar bears and assisted with testing tracking equipment by wearing a specialized collar that helped improve the accuracy of devices used on wild populations.—
Samantha Agate,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Apr. 2026
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Tasul contributed by helping researchers understand how climate change is influencing the diets of wild polar bears and assisted with testing tracking equipment by wearing a specialized collar that helped improve the accuracy of devices used on wild populations.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2026
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The number of these microproteins that may ultimately exist in the human genome, Cohen said, could reach into the millions, transforming biology in ways that are only beginning to be understood.—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2026
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Workers have already been transforming the space.—
Taylor Haught,
Kansas City Star,
21 Apr. 2026
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Flock has become increasingly controversial, with communities across the country persuading their local governments to cancel their contracts, though the number is still dwarfed by how many cities renew their agreements with Flock every year.—
Kevin Collier,
NBC news,
15 Apr. 2026
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Often, threats of family separation work hand in hand with medical neglect, Juburi told me, persuading families to accept deportation.—
Sarah Stillman,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Road closures have been seizing the country’s leafy capital, as vans disgorge military style kit bags and American personnel to match at top hotels.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
19 Apr. 2026
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Human Rights Watch said authorities have taken sweeping steps to curb religious practice, including tearing down churches and crosses, blocking gatherings at unregistered churches and seizing religious materials not approved by the state.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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That means that winemakers across what is now France must have switched from domesticating wild grapes to propagating them directly—that is, cloning grapevines by taking cuttings of the plants to start new groves.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
24 Mar. 2026
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Here are two simple methods for propagating ZZ plants.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
10 Mar. 2026
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Part of convincing him to do the play was not so much selling him on the material but selling him on the act of doing theater.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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But Stanley said the effort was entirely consistent with Patagonia's results-first philosophy — because Walmart is so huge, convincing it to do something as simple as not idling its delivery trucks while they are unloaded has a significant environmental benefit.—
Tony Biasotti,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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One person in a Gerrit Cole jersey threw a nasty right hook after grabbing someone from behind.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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Former Mayor Bill de Blasio similarly drew ridicule when he was caught using a knife and fork to eat pizza instead of grabbing the slice with his hands like any real New Yorker paisano would.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2026
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In that sense, this is an essential document, though Johnson is not proselytizing.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
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Kirk co-founded Turning Point USA, with an early focus on proselytizing on college campuses for low taxes and limited government.—
Imani Cruzen,
Twin Cities,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Converting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/converting. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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