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as in to influence
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 to transform
to change in form, appearance, or use
the old factory was converted into an apartment building
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as in to persuade
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 to seize
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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as in recruit
a person who has recently been persuaded to join a religious sect
the converts were the most vocal and fervent worshippers in the church
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as in adherent
one who follows the opinions or teachings of another
the British biologist T. H. Huxley was one of the earliest converts to Darwin's theory of evolution
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Recent Examples of convert
Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 17 Sep. 2025
Sanders and other 7-OH manufacturers extract mitragynine — the main active alkaloid in kratom — and chemically convert it into 7-OH, which is far more potent and addictive.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Narula soon became a convert to native plants, said Kemp, currently in a master’s program at Miami University of Ohio, focused on conservation.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
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From across the Universe, a black hole of 36 times the mass of the Sun merged with another of 29 times the Sun’s mass, producing a remnant black hole of just 62 solar masses, with the other 3 solar masses getting converted into gravitational radiation via Einstein’s E = mc².
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 17 Sep. 2025
Sanders and other 7-OH manufacturers extract mitragynine — the main active alkaloid in kratom — and chemically convert it into 7-OH, which is far more potent and addictive.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
To run a convolution, data converts into laser light on the chip.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Narula soon became a convert to native plants, said Kemp, currently in a master’s program at Miami University of Ohio, focused on conservation.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convert
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One of the fundamental factors influencing the sustainability of this withdrawal rate is the manner in which retirement funds are invested.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Exploring how London’s Blitz nightclub influenced ‘80s club culture, the show highlights fixtures at the club.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
18 Sep. 2025
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Such a reclassification can transform a modest interest receipt into a complicated and expensive dispute with the tax authorities.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Advanced computational algorithms then combine these multiple perspectives to reconstruct a detailed 3D image, offering a compact and efficient approach to high-resolution imaging that could transform how researchers study complex structures.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Masiko enrolled him in a boarding school and persuaded Peter’s mom to allow her son to move in with his family.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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The alleged gunman was identified as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, whose family persuaded him to turn himself in after a two-day manhunt.—
Landon Mion , Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Leaders must continuously renew and reinvent their strategies to seize opportunities and stay ahead of the curve.—
Glenn Llopis,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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With each load seized, the cartel would take another bite off its own tail.—
Martin Suarez,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
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In January, dozens of Ultra-Orthodox recruits joined the military’s new Hasmonean Brigade.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The recruit was a victim-witness advocate at the Worcester District Attorney’s office before joining the MSP, so that office recused itself from the investigation.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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After the Great Black Migration in the 1920s, our city was one of the centers of the Ku Klux Klan’s revival as the strongest populist movement of the decade, claiming 5 million adherents, with 50,000 in Chicago alone.—
Jackson Potter,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Aug. 2025
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To adherents, Nakamoto is considered a hero who empowered individuals to take back control of money.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
28 Aug. 2025
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Kirk co-founded and was CEO of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, with an early focus on proselytizing on college campuses for low taxes and limited government.—
Imani Cruzen,
Twin Cities,
12 Sep. 2025
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In the Mormon church, young adult men volunteer to leave home for proselytizing missions for two years and young women serve for 18 months.—
Jillian Frankel,
People.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Despite their mass use, Manuylov hopes to convince various associations and research boards to conduct comparative field tests of the classic methods versus his own.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Ciara recently opened up about a time her husband, Russell Wilson, convinced a teenager with leukemia to stick with his treatment, an act that wound up changing his story from coming to an end.—
Regina Cho,
VIBE.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Convert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convert. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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