How to Use conversion in a Sentence

conversion

noun
  • Conversion to gas heating will continue over the next few years.
  • They have suggested conversion of the old school into apartments.
  • The company is undergoing a conversion to a new computer system.
  • He is thinking about conversion to Buddhism.
  • Getting a bit more technical, here’s how the conversion works.
    Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
  • In the first five games, the passing game was ranked dead last in Division I — along with third-down conversion percentage.
    Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Nov. 2022
  • One firearm carried a machine gun conversion device, commonly called a Glock Switch.
    Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Jennings delivered what should have been a winning touchdown catch earlier in the fourth quarter on a drive that stayed alive with a pair of his third-and-long conversions.
    Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
  • Classic car enthusiasts could pick up one of these conversion kits to transform a vintage muscle car or truck into a battery-electric vehicle.
    Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Raw conversion detail and color are good, though Capture One and Lightroom brought out more detail and truer colors in the initial raw imports of test images.
    PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
  • The group also said detained transgender women were mandated to attend conversion therapy sessions as a condition of their release.
    CBS News, 21 Nov. 2022
  • And his two-point conversion run in the first overtime forced NAZ to do the same thing.
    Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 9 June 2023
  • Here are more things to think about with a garage conversion.
    Ryan Conner, Dallas News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Head coach Rick Jackson elected to go for the two-point conversion and the win.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2023
  • That penalty helped the Jaguars score on a two-point conversion.
    Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2023
  • And his conversion kick with four seconds left won the game.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The four-year conversion took place at the yacht’s home shipyard of Damen Maaskant in the western Netherlands.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Needing a 2-point conversion to tie the game, Raynor missed on a pass that was too high for Reagan Ealy in the back of the end zone.
    Mike Harley, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2023
  • The effective conversion rate of the new debt is $9.86 per ADS.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 3 Mar. 2023
  • This led to the nation’s first conversion of a railroad to a public trail.
    John Carpenter, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2023
  • In some ways, the words of Jesus at her conversion were prophetic.
    Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2023
  • And the project will also be a test case of whether office-to-housing conversions can scale.
    Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 23 May 2023
  • The all-electric Rolls and the painstaking conversion process are covered in Momoa’s new show, On the Roam.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Eagle Rock went for the win but a two-point conversion attempt failed.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • If all goes well, the EV conversion option might be available by the end of summer 2023.
    Matthew Skwarczek, Car and Driver, 29 May 2023
  • The two then joined forces for the two-point conversion with 50 seconds left in the game that gave Houston the victory.
    Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Britain and Canada have made the same conversion, at least as quickly.
    Ben Blatt, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The grants provide up to 50% of the cost of a factory conversion, with the companies picking up the rest.
    Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
  • One play later, Hurts waltzed in from 2 yards for his third rushing touchdown and then ran for the two-point conversion to tie the score.
    Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Something was also just lost in the conversion, Satow says.
    Curbed, 27 Nov. 2023

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