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as in cedes
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 transmits
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 sends
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 moves
to change the place or position of
transferred the car keys from my pocket to my purse
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as in leaves
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 hands
to shift possession of (something) from one person to another
transferred the ball to the running back
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Recent Examples of transfers
PCmover Professional automatically transfers your apps, files, settings, and even user profiles.
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Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026
An example of a passive shoulder harness is Hilti’s EXO, which transfers the weight of arms to the hips using springs.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026
Aikido's system uses a passive primary cooling mechanism that transfers heat from the data centers through the steel walls of the ballast tanks and directly into the surrounding seawater, with the company claiming the thermal impact on the ocean is limited to a few meters around the structure.
—Etiido Uko
march 13, New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2026
However, the terms of FIFA’s hosting agreement with the Boston host committee, a non-profit group established to assist FIFA in the planning of the tournament, transfers the public security costs away from FIFA and to the committee.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
The pattern reinforces how your muscles fire in sequence and how your body transfers force during related movements.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
Writing for the screen for the first time, Jonas transfers that internal monologue into confessions that Weisz speaks aloud; the only caveat, of course, is that what Weisz’s character tells us may not in fact be true.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
Trautwein brought Penn State transfers TJ Shanahan, a guard has 10 college starts, and backup tackle Egan Boyer to Gainesville.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2026
The state transfers revenue from cannabis sales taxes and fees to the Missouri Department of Veterans, Missouri Public Defender's Office and Department of Health and Senior Services' Substance Use Disorder Grant Program.
—Emery Glover, Des Moines Register, 26 Feb. 2026
Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026
An example of a passive shoulder harness is Hilti’s EXO, which transfers the weight of arms to the hips using springs.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026
Aikido's system uses a passive primary cooling mechanism that transfers heat from the data centers through the steel walls of the ballast tanks and directly into the surrounding seawater, with the company claiming the thermal impact on the ocean is limited to a few meters around the structure.
—Etiido Uko
march 13, New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2026
However, the terms of FIFA’s hosting agreement with the Boston host committee, a non-profit group established to assist FIFA in the planning of the tournament, transfers the public security costs away from FIFA and to the committee.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
The pattern reinforces how your muscles fire in sequence and how your body transfers force during related movements.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
Writing for the screen for the first time, Jonas transfers that internal monologue into confessions that Weisz speaks aloud; the only caveat, of course, is that what Weisz’s character tells us may not in fact be true.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
Trautwein brought Penn State transfers TJ Shanahan, a guard has 10 college starts, and backup tackle Egan Boyer to Gainesville.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2026
The state transfers revenue from cannabis sales taxes and fees to the Missouri Department of Veterans, Missouri Public Defender's Office and Department of Health and Senior Services' Substance Use Disorder Grant Program.
—Emery Glover, Des Moines Register, 26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transfers
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Choosing silence also cedes our right to free speech.—
Jenna Norton,
STAT,
12 Mar. 2026
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The specialization that cedes politics, economics or communication to separate disciplines is, in sociology, an invitation to synthesize and to consider how these broad social processes engage, reinforce or conflict with one another.—
Wendy Nelson Espeland,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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On the satellite side, a compact optical terminal transmits the data downlink as a focused laser beam, typically at a wavelength around 1550 nanometers.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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There’s no denying that Caurón leans into the sentimental here and elsewhere, yet there’s a strong gust of catharsis that García Treviño transmits as Liborio’s bloodied body refuses to surrender.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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The universe sends you messages as the moon and Jupiter harmonize – pay attention!—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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On Friday, Gilliam was on an ECMO machine, a heart-lung bypass system that removes carbon dioxide from the blood and sends oxygen-rich blood back to the body, while allowing the heart and lungs to rest, according to the Mayo Clinic.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
3 Apr. 2026
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The hormone insulin is a peptide that moves sugar from the bloodstream into cells; GLP-1, or glucagon-like peptide-1, spurs the pancreas to release insulin and slows the passage of food through the gut.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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In a city like Orlando, as across America, public life moves quickly.—
Case Thorp,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2026
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Her early death, after an illness that the father initially contrives to ignore then notices just in time to capture her desperation in a fine sketch, leaves Mimí utterly disoriented, yearning only to achieve a level of self-control and detachment that will spare him their tumultuous struggle.—
Tim Parks,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Her departure to the transfer portal leaves a significant gap in Missouri’s scoring and playmaking.—
Aaron Segal,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
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The manager who hands her team an exit map and watches most of them stay anyway has done something the board retreat, the culture consultant, and the engagement platform cannot.—
Charles Edward Gehrke,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
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Turan hands me off to his roommate, Rory Carmichael, a genial 39-year-old engineer.—
Joe Hagan,
Vanity Fair,
18 Mar. 2026
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One of the ideas that Kafka’s parable conveys is that a prisoner is molded into the shape of their prison.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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Bakri conveys that immense burden in dribbles of emotion, like a trickle of water wearing down a groove in a rock wall.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
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Unfortunately, the striking shrub spreads by roots and seeds, overtaking native plants.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
5 Apr. 2026
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The disease spreads through coughing or sneezing with respiratory droplets containing bacteria.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Transfers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transfers. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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