as in transforming
to change in form, appearance, or use
married life has seemingly transfigured his formerly aimless existence
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Recent Examples of transfiguring
And as our correspondence has moved largely online – transfiguring into WhatsApp messages, video calls, or just an exchange of memes – our communication and language have changed accordingly.
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Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transfiguring
transforming
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Second, the same precision-medicine approaches that are now transforming oncology must be applied to mental illness, identifying biomarkers early enough to alter disease trajectory.—
Eric J. Nestler,
STAT,
28 Apr. 2026
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News articles and photos of the casual picnic enamored Americans, transforming their view of the royals as rigid and aristocratic to more down-to-earth.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Transfiguring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transfiguring. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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