1
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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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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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
That day, he was transferred to the Krome Detention Center in south Miami-Dade, fitted with an ankle monitor and released through the Alternatives Detention Program.
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Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
Buchanan, a Palo Alto native and St. Ignatius High-San Francisco graduate who transferred to Cal after three years at UC Davis.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
South Korea, the U.S. and their partners worry that Russia could reward North Korea by transferring high-tech weapons technologies that can sharply enhance its nuclear weapons program.
—Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
Shortly after taking office in December, Hochman transferred the two deputies — Brock Lunsford and Nancy Theberge — who had handled the Menendez case under Gascón.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 27 Feb. 2025
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Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
Buchanan, a Palo Alto native and St. Ignatius High-San Francisco graduate who transferred to Cal after three years at UC Davis.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
South Korea, the U.S. and their partners worry that Russia could reward North Korea by transferring high-tech weapons technologies that can sharply enhance its nuclear weapons program.
—Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
Shortly after taking office in December, Hochman transferred the two deputies — Brock Lunsford and Nancy Theberge — who had handled the Menendez case under Gascón.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transfer
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Concurrently, Sweeney is not interested in ceding draft capital for short-term assistance.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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When Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson ceded all creative control of James Bond to Amazon MGM Studios, eras ended.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
21 Feb. 2025
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Join 2 others in the comments View Comments There, the robot will attempt to detect ice before hopping back out of the crater and transmitting data back home.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
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And vaccinated patients tend to have milder symptoms and are less likely to transmit the virus to others.—
Dave Wessner,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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John McCormick, who ran DSS’s audit division during that time, sent an email to Gifford on May 12, 2020, explaining how Zervas would voluntarily repay nearly $600,000 to the state Medicaid program and in return McCormick’s team would discard the audit.—
Andrew Brown,
Hartford Courant,
5 Mar. 2025
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In that order, the judge ordered Nathan to surrender his guns and sent a copy of the order to BSO.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2025
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In 1881, a young businessman named John Taylor moved from Columbus, Ohio, to Kansas City with a dream of starting his own store.—
Randy Mason,
Kansas City Star,
26 Feb. 2025
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On one of those days, Sue began asking Ken to move her to a care home.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
26 Feb. 2025
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So who ended up getting married, and who was left hanging?—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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The result was that when Biden came in, the Afghan army was broken in spirit, and the Taliban had brokered surrender deals with local Afghan commanders, and only had to wait for the U.S. to leave.—
Jamie McIntyre,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 2025
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Coney Barrett provided the key vote, siding with the three liberal justices and Chief Justice John Roberts to hand the Trump administration a major loss.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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The coaching staff can’t just hand minutes to anyone.—
Tony East,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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McNulty was part of the agency's elite Public Health Associate Program, assigned to the Iowa Cancer Consortium, a small group working on statewide efforts to combat what is the country's second-highest cancer rate.—
Yuki Noguchi,
NPR,
7 Mar. 2025
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Robot vacuums with mopping features can easily transition between mopping and regular vacuuming based on the needs assigned by the user and tend to have a comparable cost to more traditional robot vacuums.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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The ripple effects of the tense relations with the US have spread through Canadian society, with fans at NHL and NBA games in Canada even booing the US national anthem.—
Hira Humayun,
CNN,
9 Mar. 2025
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That evening outside Eaton Canyon, the fire spread without halting.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Transfer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transfer. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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