1
as in influenced
to persuade to change to one's religious faith
young missionaries who go door-to-door trying to convert people
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2
as in transformed
to change in form, appearance, or use
the old factory was converted into an apartment building
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as in persuaded
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 seized
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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Recent Examples of converted
Bellingham scored two goals 98 seconds apart in the first half, and six minutes after Jarell Quansah was sent off, Kane converted a penalty to restore England’s two-goal lead.
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Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2026
Half the elegant stable block (converted into a studio by Beaton) and a cozy dairy house remained.
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Hamish Bowles,
Vogue,
5 July 2026
Turkey, not wanting to go out without a fight, converted all of their three shots on target (from nine attempts) after failing to convert any of their previous 13 (from 62 attempts).
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Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
5 July 2026
Hutton converted the penalty kick for her first-ever NWSL goal, giving Bay FC a 1-0 advantage in the fifth minute.
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Laurence Miedema,
Mercury News,
5 July 2026
France superstar Kylian Mbappé converted a penalty in the 70th minute to make the difference.
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Sean Gregory,
Time,
5 July 2026
Mbappé stepped up in the 70th minute and duly converted for his seventh goal of the tournament – overtaking Lionel Messi in the Golden Boot race due to his assist total.
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Patrick Sung Cuadrado,
CNN Money,
4 July 2026
As bananas ripen, much of that resistant starch is converted into natural sugars.
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Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2026
Should his contract be converted to a standard one mid-season, the Pacers could still ink him to a rookie minimum deal and get the benefits of the lower salary that the second-round provides.
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Tony East,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2026
Half the elegant stable block (converted into a studio by Beaton) and a cozy dairy house remained.
—
Hamish Bowles,
Vogue,
5 July 2026
Turkey, not wanting to go out without a fight, converted all of their three shots on target (from nine attempts) after failing to convert any of their previous 13 (from 62 attempts).
—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
5 July 2026
Hutton converted the penalty kick for her first-ever NWSL goal, giving Bay FC a 1-0 advantage in the fifth minute.
—
Laurence Miedema,
Mercury News,
5 July 2026
France superstar Kylian Mbappé converted a penalty in the 70th minute to make the difference.
—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
5 July 2026
Mbappé stepped up in the 70th minute and duly converted for his seventh goal of the tournament – overtaking Lionel Messi in the Golden Boot race due to his assist total.
—
Patrick Sung Cuadrado,
CNN Money,
4 July 2026
As bananas ripen, much of that resistant starch is converted into natural sugars.
—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2026
Should his contract be converted to a standard one mid-season, the Pacers could still ink him to a rookie minimum deal and get the benefits of the lower salary that the second-round provides.
—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for converted
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The white dwarf is part of a triple star system, and the outer companion stars could have influenced WD 1856 b's orbit.
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Offer availability, placement, and display are determined by the third party and may be influenced by compensation and other factors.
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Even transformed into an unexpected salty-sweet dessert (see chef Harold Villarosa’s Spam doughnuts).
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Technological advances — word processing, speech-to-text transcription, scheduling tools and apps — each transformed the duties of administrative professionals and contributed to overall decline.
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School board member Kelly Gonez persuaded her colleagues to begin exploring it in 2019.
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Those massive market gains have persuaded stockholders to spend.
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Councilmember Monica Rodriguez, who voted against the proposal in mid-June, voiced fears that the list of noncitizen voters would immediately be seized by federal immigration authorities.
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Meanwhile, Russia’s military on Saturday claimed to have seized the city of Kostiantynivka, a key defensive hub in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region.
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Mature clumps can be propagated by division in spring.
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But sometimes this connection is propagated within the community itself to make a salient point about a complex condition.
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While Terenzio believes secrecy is essential for any celebrity wedding, she isn't convinced Madison Square Garden would actually host Swift and Kelce's ceremony.
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Meta was facing a landmark federal antitrust prosecution that Trump, if he could be convinced, might pressure the Justice Department to drop or settle.
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The most obvious concession is compensating Cubans and Americans whose assets were confiscated during the revolution.
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With the charges dismissed, Patel will no longer face prosecution and is expected to receive his passport back shortly after it was confiscated by authorities.
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The National Federation of Federal Employees and several individual USDA employees sued the department on May 13, alleging that Secretary Brooke Rollins has illegally proselytized workers.
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The two firms that have proselytized the recapitalization of enterprise software the most in this field are Thoma Bravo, with about $184 billion in assets, and Vista Equity Partners, with about $100 billion.
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“Converted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/converted. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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