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as in to cede
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 to transmit
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 to send
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 to move
to change the place or position of
transferred the car keys from my pocket to my purse
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as in to leave
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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Recent Examples of transfer
Conwell, 22, began his college career at South Florida before transferring to Indiana State for his sophomore season and Xavier for his junior season, and then closing his college career at Louisville.
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Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
4 July 2026
Washington originally wrote the address beside a brass candlestand, which was passed down through his family until 1878, when it was transferred to the United States government and then, a few years later, to the Smithsonian.
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Lonnie G. Bunch Iii,
The Atlantic,
4 July 2026
Once frozen, transfer the berries to a freezer bag and label it with the date.
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Martha Stewart,
3 July 2026
The case was continued to July 17 and has been transferred to juvenile court, the newspaper reported.
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Paloma Chavez,
PEOPLE,
3 July 2026
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Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
4 July 2026
Washington originally wrote the address beside a brass candlestand, which was passed down through his family until 1878, when it was transferred to the United States government and then, a few years later, to the Smithsonian.
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Lonnie G. Bunch Iii,
The Atlantic,
4 July 2026
Once frozen, transfer the berries to a freezer bag and label it with the date.
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Martha Stewart,
3 July 2026
The case was continued to July 17 and has been transferred to juvenile court, the newspaper reported.
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Paloma Chavez,
PEOPLE,
3 July 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transfer
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But rather than cede ground to an outsider, the town's residents plant TNT in every single structure, blowing them up before Lassiter can get his hands on them.
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The Microsoft 365 Copilot AI assistant has yet to gain anything approaching ubiquity in the business world, and the GitHub Copilot coding agent has ceded market share to newer players.
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In the clinical setting, Busbee said, physical therapists use different size electrodes for various parts of the body, attached to a machine that transmits an electrical current to the electrodes.
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SpaceX is set to build a new economy in low Earth orbit, expanding its current Starlink telecommunications constellation and adding orbital AI data centers and even wirelessly transmitted solar power from space.
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Review a bill, then send a polite message that clarifies terms, because simple words protect value and invite respectful responses.
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The April 2025 incident at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey sent three teenagers to a hospital, months after a California oversight body ruled the facility was not a safe place for youths to be housed.
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To keep up with the fast-moving aerial acts, the app features an adjustable countdown timer set to the official schedule.
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If anyone shows signs of heat illness, promptly move them to a cool, shaded area.
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The video assistant referee called for a review of the play while the two were down getting tended to by trainers, leaving the Americans to nurse their lead down a man for the rest of the game.
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Two of the attackers then smashed the windshield of the news van with a parking cone and damaged the camera before leaving the scene.
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For purpose, whether anyone can trace their daily work to the larger picture without being handed a slogan.
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In the midst of handing the job over to his son, even as Diego is making a speech about water supplies, hygiene and education, Don Alejandro snatches it back to cheers, clutches his heart and dies.
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The man — identified by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation as 20-year-old Tyrin Johnson — fled on foot, pursued by Memphis police officers along with Tennessee National Guard soldiers who are assigned to the area.
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Around the same time, Sullivan, who was assigned male at birth, began questioning her gender identity.
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Flames raced through rows of vehicles at a Rancho Cordova salvage yard Friday evening, engulfing between 50 and 100 vehicles before more than 70 firefighters contained the blaze and kept it from spreading to neighboring businesses.
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If using grounds, apply in 1 to 2-inch deep layers and make sure the coffee is spread in an unbroken line so slugs and snails won’t cross it.
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“Transfer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transfer. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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