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as in ceding
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 transmitting
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 sending
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 removing
to change the place or position of
transferred the car keys from my pocket to my purse
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as in handing
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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as in passing
to shift possession of (something) from one person to another
transferred the ball to the running back
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Recent Examples of transferring
The 6-foot-2 guard/forward is in his first season with the Cougars after transferring from Andrean last spring.
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Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
Few knew what kind of influence the 7-4 center would have after transferring from Boston and missing a year because of a knee injury.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Sanitize pruning tools afterward to avoid unintentionally transferring spores elsewhere.
—Rachel Gillett, Martha Stewart, 10 Feb. 2026
White attended the University of Old Dominion before transferring to Georgia Tech.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 10 Feb. 2026
In all, 15 of Tech’s 25 players spent time at a different college program before transferring to Tech.
—Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
Senior guard Chance Gray, who played her first two years at Oregon before transferring to Ohio State, had eight points and five rebounds in her return game.
—Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
In contrast to the Republican focus on transferring wealth to billionaires and corporations, Democrats evaluate the economy based on how everyday people are doing.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2026
Weiner pled guilty to transferring obscene material to a minor in 2017 and spent 15 months in federal prison for the crime.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
Few knew what kind of influence the 7-4 center would have after transferring from Boston and missing a year because of a knee injury.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Sanitize pruning tools afterward to avoid unintentionally transferring spores elsewhere.
—Rachel Gillett, Martha Stewart, 10 Feb. 2026
White attended the University of Old Dominion before transferring to Georgia Tech.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 10 Feb. 2026
In all, 15 of Tech’s 25 players spent time at a different college program before transferring to Tech.
—Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
Senior guard Chance Gray, who played her first two years at Oregon before transferring to Ohio State, had eight points and five rebounds in her return game.
—Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
In contrast to the Republican focus on transferring wealth to billionaires and corporations, Democrats evaluate the economy based on how everyday people are doing.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2026
Weiner pled guilty to transferring obscene material to a minor in 2017 and spent 15 months in federal prison for the crime.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transferring
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Stalin invaded in November of 1939, expecting a quick takeover, but the Finns inflicted many times more casualties on the Soviets before eventually ceding 11 percent of their territory and partial control over their foreign affairs.—
Boris Fishman,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Feb. 2026
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Maybe these choices aren’t driven by a fear of ceding audience attention to TikTok so much as by fear of letting a taut story go slack.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
4 Feb. 2026
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In the defense world, this means covert sensors that can remain buried for years, still transmitting data without giving away their position with a noisy generator.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
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Magellan's radar mapped Venus by transmitting radio waves toward the planet's surface and measuring how long the signals took to bounce back, allowing scientists to construct detailed surface maps.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Colorado is sending more snowboarding athletes to compete in the 2026 Milan Winter Olympics than any other state.—
Ramon Padilla,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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The Fort Worth city council unanimously approved sending an $845 million bond package to voters for the May 2 municipal elections.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Feb. 2026
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Repairs to the balcony included removing and replacing rotten support beams, according to an invoice from Ameridian.—
Gillian Stawiszynski,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Feb. 2026
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But research from both academics and conservative groups suggests removing undocumented immigrants from the census would shift only a handful of seats — not the sweeping advantage critics claim.—
Christian Datoc,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Feb. 2026
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Children were often seen handing the monks flowers, who in return gifted blessing strings.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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The singer grew up watching his idols win awards on television, and eventually, those idols began handing him the awards.—
Itzel Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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At 37 years old, Stafford led the NFL in both passing yards (4,707) and passing touchdowns (46), while recording a career-low eight interceptions.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Attempting to break an Eastern Washington University receiving record is like trying to set a franchise passing mark with the Patriots.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
5 Feb. 2026
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Like other participants, the Mantic AI had to answer 60 questions by assigning probabilities to certain outcomes.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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If, as seems to be generally accepted, the Biden administration allowed some 15 million immigrants into the country, assigning 1,000 judges to their hearings and having each hear five cases a day would result in the process taking about 10 years to complete.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Measles is now spreading in Florida, with 68 cases reported in the state already this year.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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Be generous when spreading the chocolate frosting on this one.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Transferring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transferring. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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