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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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2
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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4
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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5
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
According to the habeas petition, on June 13, 2024, Quintero Chacon went to his routine check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in North Carolina where he was detained and taken into custody and transferred to a detention center in Georgia.
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Laura Romero, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2025
The Arkansas House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill that would transfer the Arkansas Development Finance Authority from the state Department of Commerce and allow the authority to operate independently from a Cabinet-level department.
—Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 16 Apr. 2025
On March 28, the agency notified its remaining employees that they would be terminated either on July 1, when all remaining USAID functions are set to be merged with State, or before Sept. 2, when the agency’s operations will have been substantially wound down or transferred to State.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 6 Apr. 2025
Trusting her advice, the man agreed to a partial payment and transferred $200 through Zelle, the report said.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2025
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Laura Romero, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2025
The Arkansas House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill that would transfer the Arkansas Development Finance Authority from the state Department of Commerce and allow the authority to operate independently from a Cabinet-level department.
—Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 16 Apr. 2025
On March 28, the agency notified its remaining employees that they would be terminated either on July 1, when all remaining USAID functions are set to be merged with State, or before Sept. 2, when the agency’s operations will have been substantially wound down or transferred to State.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 6 Apr. 2025
Trusting her advice, the man agreed to a partial payment and transferred $200 through Zelle, the report said.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transfer
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Lindelof and Ugarte both looked uncomfortable against this, either resorting to aimless long balls or ceding possession in dangerous areas.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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What if this character’s eventual fate is not to hold on to her power, but to cede it to another?—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
12 Apr. 2025
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Hopefully, yes, given that Ebola is transmitted through direct contact with infected bodily fluids, and thus spreads less easily than pathogens with respiratory transmission, such as measles, avian flu and coronaviruses.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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The actors, too, wore headsets, their quips, shouts and whispers transmitted digitally into the audience’s ears, at times alternating between the left and right earphones.—
Rachel Sherman,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Multiple federal agencies on April 11 sent a letter to Harvard University accusing the college of violating federal civil rights law for not doing enough to combat antisemitism during student protests of the Israel-Hamas war.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Miller ends up deeply invested, befriending Floyd and working tirelessly by hand to dig him out while also sending off dispatches, writing stories, and even interviewing Floyd.—
Christian Lewis,
Variety,
22 Apr. 2025
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The bill also included moving $1.1 million from the Constitutional Defense Fund into the Legislative Legal Defense Fund.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
15 Apr. 2025
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The company intended to move the drug into late-stage testing, which is generally the last phase of development before a company submits the potential treatment to government regulators for approval.—
Time,
Time,
15 Apr. 2025
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With few options left, Adam begins considering and concocting ways to enact vengeance, but Basem, having been down that rageful path, advises him otherwise.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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The department did not say how much money is left of the total $189 billion approved.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Instead, each garment or accessory is assigned one or two points.—
Marilú Almaguer,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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Each is assigned to 10 other households in their rural community.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Ultimately, a total of 59 bodies were shipped home for burial, while another 150 were buried in Halifax, spread among three cemeteries.—
Greg Daugherty,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
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The American Heart Association recommends that adults get at least two and a half hours per week of moderate-intensity aerobic activity or an hour and 15 minutes per week of vigorous aerobic activity, or some combination of both, preferably spread throughout the week.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The second victim was transported to an area hospital in critical condition.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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That person was transported to a local hospital in critical condition but has since been upgraded to stable, according to the sheriff's office.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Transfer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transfer. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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