transferring

present participle of transfer
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Recent Examples of transferring As the wearer walks, these nodes slide up and down, basically transferring the topography of the ground through the shoes to stimulate the foot. New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2025 OpenAI proposes to become a public benefit corporation (PBC), transferring the nonprofit’s ownership of OpenAI’s technology to the for-profit arm, lifting the profit caps for investors, and doing away with the nonprofit’s oversight. Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 27 Oct. 2025 On Monday, the Orinda Union School District board, which owns the property, approved transferring the title over to the John Muir Land Trust. Bay City News Service, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025 The other defendant, unrelated to the former, allegedly spent over $2 million in grant money on luxury retailers, transferring funds from his developer to personal accounts. Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025 Khelfa took advantage of a house move a few years ago to have all her pieces cleaned and archived, transferring many to a storage unit outside Paris. Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025 When in a group, space out to prevent the current from transferring between individuals. Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2025 The 6-foot senior played at Temple and Rice before transferring to Fresno State this year. Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025 Williams attended Blue Springs High School before transferring to La Jolla Country Day School, a private school in California, to finish out her schooling. Alexa Stone, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transferring
Verb
  • The confederacy of tribes was pressured into ceding lands to the state of New York, and further displaced by ensuing frontier settlement.
    Matthew Smith, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Now, Middleton has returned to public duties and ceding the spotlight is apparently been hard for Queen Camilla.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The indictment charges Bolton with eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of unlawfully retaining such information.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Eduardo Aguilar, who was living in Dallas, is charged with transmitting in interstate or foreign commerce a communication containing a threat, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The boys are now competitive dancers, doing jazz, tap and lyrical ballet, and Donoghue keeps in touch with many of the performers, sending them Christmas cards and messaging them on Facebook.
    Shannon Pettypiece, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Gilgeous-Alexander then missed a pull-up triple, sending the game to OT.
    Frank Nunns O'Connell 15 hr ago, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The company and store owners sued, arguing players could use an optional preview feature, removing the element of chance.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • If the President believes that imposing, removing, or amending tariffs is an appropriate policy measure, Congress has given him tools to pursue those goals.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Finally, there’s the fact that the Blazers are handing him the gig, with Clingan playing 30 minutes in the opener against Minnesota.
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Off to the hottest start in the NHL, New Jersey scored in each period and shut down the Wild’s suddenly struggling power play, winning 4-1 on Wednesday and handing Minnesota its fourth loss in the past five games.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • McVay’s offense inspired imitators as his assistant coaches spread across the NFL over the next few seasons, and while new defensive schemes famously evolved to counter it, 11 personnel seemed a permanent fixture of a league hell-bent on passing.
    Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Missourians love their Katy Trail State Park, the former railroad track turned pancake-flat trail stretches some 240 miles across the state, skirting the river, winding through farmlands, and passing through other small towns.
    Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The inconvenience, or in some cases hardship, of a shutdown has become wrapped up in the blame each side is assigning to the other, with neither party willing to budge over Democratic demands on healthcare.
    Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Three years at the symphony Starting on his first day, July 27, 2020, Jones’ responsibilities included assigning parts to musicians, managing instruments, arranging production with stage crews and leading the percussion section’s performance.
    Matti Gellman, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Nasty Northwest In the Northwest, a storm system will come ashore by Halloween, spreading coastal and valley rain and some mountain snow.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Next, prepare the pesto-mayo spread by combining Trader Joe’s pesto with Kewpie mayo, then spreading it evenly on both halves of the focaccia to provide a rich, flavorful foundation for the layers to come.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2025

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“Transferring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transferring. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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