converted

past tense of convert
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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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Recent Examples of converted Myers, who is in the final year of his contract, converted 41 of 48 field goals last season, though, and has been with the Seahawks since 2019, so his job is safe for now. Andrew Destin, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026 The result was lines out the door, a local political commendation, and a business that converted attention into revenue in a way most post-villa deals never manage. Olivia Shalhoup, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 After Musk left, OpenAI launched massively successful AI products, namely ChatGPT, struck partnerships with tech titans including Microsoft, converted its business into a for-profit with a non-profit parent, and raised huge sums of funding. Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026 The Associated Press Sophia Wilson converted a late penalty kick to pull the Portland Thorns into a 1-1 draw with Gotham FC on Friday night. ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026 Kusama also achieved something that has eluded other artists who were co-opted by commerce and converted avant-garde energies into branding, including Warhol, Haring, Koons, and Murakami. Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026 Barwiolek scores three minutes into the season opener at Waubonsie Valley and then converted a penalty kick in the second half, clinching a 2-1 nonconference victory for Geneva. Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 The resource holds enormous value for deep-space exploration and a potential lunar base because it can be converted to breathable air, drinking water or even rocket fuel. Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026 Baker converted his 26th consecutive save and MLB-leading 37th overall. Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
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  • Users will not see ads or sponsored links near their conversations, and the chatbot's answers will not be influenced by third-party product placements, Anthropic had said.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Kusama’s art influenced the histories of minimalism, pop art, and performance art; more recently her large-scale installations single-handedly pioneered what is now referred to as experiential art.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
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  • There are signs that Democratic voters, especially, are looking for change, and some young voters argue older politicians can’t truly understand a world transformed by artificial intelligence, rising housing costs and student debt.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Prediction platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket – where users wager on sports, politics, culture, and the weather – have transformed from a niche space for superfans to a seemingly ubiquitous multibillion-dollar industry.
    Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
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  • The inability of conservatives to break the opposition once and for all persuaded the establishment to try to cut deals with Thaksin’s Pheu Thai Party instead.
    Duncan McCargo, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Stuart Evey, who oversaw who oversaw Getty Oil’s investments outside its core oil business, persuaded the company's board to invest $10 million for an 85% stake.
    Nicole Kraft, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
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  • Many politicians have either seized on the outrage or scrambled to shield themselves from the growing anger.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The unrest comes as authorities tighten control over its uranium sector, having seized ⁠assets from ​France’s Orano.
    Reuters, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026
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  • Social-media commentators have propagated conspiracy theories about the case, including a theory that Pat himself committed the killings.
    Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Any trimmings that contain at least one leaf node can be propagated into new plants.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2026
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  • Deco had previously monitored names such as Victor Osimhen of Galatasaray and Manchester City’s Omar Marmoush, but none of them fully convinced all of the club’s decision-makers.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • These women can become depressed, isolated, paranoid — convinced their thinning hair is all other people see.
    Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 25 Aug. 2026
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  • One order prevented federal agents from moving detainees out of state within seventy-two hours of being arrested; another demanded that the government return confiscated belongings to released detainees.
    Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • When referee Rick Knox confiscated the belt, Christian loaded up his wrist brace with a wrench.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
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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.
    BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 13 May 2026
  • 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.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026

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“Converted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/converted. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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