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as in influences
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 transforms
to change in form, appearance, or use
the old factory was converted into an apartment building
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as in persuades
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 seizes
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 recruits
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 adherents
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 converts
Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
In the last year, part of the utility’s plan to power the area includes the construction of substations, which converts high-voltage electricity to lower voltages for distribution to homes and businesses.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2025
Electric front loaders are rarely inexpensive, and this one is no exception – starting at €6,495 (which converts to around US$7,500 – though there's no word on international availability).
—New Atlas, 31 Oct. 2025
Rondo’s system converts cheap renewable electricity into heat that can be discharged on demand into industrial processes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2025
The high chair converts into a toddler armchair, baby dining chair, and baby rocking chair.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
That converts to a 252 mph gust.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
The program was created by an aviation enthusiast with the call-sign Goronych and converts single-seater planes into rudimentary but effective long-range missiles.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
The company said the outage was related to its domain name system that converts web addresses into IP addresses.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
As the eyelid slides across the eye‘s surface, friction generates a tiny electrical charge that the system captures and converts into usable power.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Jan. 2026
Some of them also pushed their classes to new lows in the base weight department, while others hit affordable price points that promise to keep entry-level RVing accessible to first-time campers and tent-pitching converts alike.
—New Atlas, 30 Dec. 2025
By the turn of the 20th century, the communities’ populations were dwindling—in large part due to their foundational belief in celibacy and dependence on new converts—and lacked the numbers to support production.
—Lila Allen, Architectural Digest, 26 Dec. 2025
Environmental groups and Indigenous people have been demanding for years that the state enforce the standard, citing evidence showing that sulfate converts to sulfide in the sediment of lakes and rivers, and is toxic to wild rice.
—Dan Kraker, Twin Cities, 21 Dec. 2025
The compact vacuum converts into a handheld device for daily messes and spills above the floor.
—Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
The second chapter is about a group of Azharite Muslims—intellectuals associated with the Al-Azhar seminary in Cairo—who traveled to the country to gain converts.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
In the bow, wraparound seating converts to a large sunpad.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2025
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The system converts 94 of its 98 physical qubits into logical ones, fully entangled in one of the largest GHZ states ever recorded.
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For years to come, Frisbee and Smith would baptize hundreds of converts every Sunday at Newport Beach.
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According to Spark Biomedical, this stimulation regulates the nervous system and influences blood flow.—
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The type of bone used influences the nutritional profile, and prepackaged broths can have added salts or other ingredients.—
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Snowshoeing is popular in the winter, and at night, the center transforms into a twinkly wonderland of illumination known as Wild Lights.—
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When a partner transforms fundamentally, obligations may lapse without dishonor.—
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Nuremberg explores how authoritarian regimes take over democracies — not by making a detailed intellectual case that persuades on its merits but by validating the power fantasies of those who feel shut out.—
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In the final confrontation, Tea persuades Miran to surrender, arguing that doing so will protect his family.—
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The slender but powerful book takes place over the course of a week, when Ma’s plans are suddenly imperiled while Boomba seizes the chance to make up for his past mistakes and help his family.—
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In the novel, Joan Goodwin, a physics professor with a lifelong love of the stars, seizes the chance to join NASA’s first class of women astronauts and soon finds friendship, passion, and purpose among her fellow trainees.—
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The Department of Transportation, under multiple administrations, has attempted to address the shortage but has struggled to attract sufficient numbers of recruits to the air traffic control organization.—
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Courteney’s first order of business is picking up other recruits, none of whom are much more fleshed out than Madonna.—
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To symbolize this united centrist front, adherents of The Change fly American flags that have been reconfigured to place the field of stars smack in the middle of the stripes.—
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Academics cite Wallace’s story as one of the catalysts behind a fringe concept that has spread among adherents to the Make America Healthy Again, or MAHA, movement and is gaining traction at the highest levels of the federal government.—
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Malik convinces him to come home with them by getting Ryan to eat a Starburst out of his hand.—
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The best bars are full of an undefinable spirit, something that draws people in and convinces them to linger.—
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But as the ball arrives the defender grabs the jersey with the right hand and pulls the defender down.—
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As one officer grabs at her door handle, a third officer who had circled to the front of the SUV from the opposite side draws his gun.—
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“Converts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/converts. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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