as in transformed
to change in form, appearance, or use
in his elegy on his deceased wife, the poet has transmuted inconsolable grief into high art
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Recent Examples of transmuted
That chapter taught us that even our pain can be transmuted into power.
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Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 30 Dec. 2025
American narratives about racial prejudice, immigration, and injustice have been transmuted into the just-different-enough context of Catholic versus Protestant battle lines.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025
His relatively measured response has transmuted over time like a tall tale told by a fisherman.
—Darren Richman, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
Beyond lies further alchemy, as film is transmuted into digital form.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Nuclear reactors, where heavy elements were transmuted into lighter ones, released antineutrinos that could be absorbed by atomic nuclei outside of the reactor, leading to their discovery.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025
Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 30 Dec. 2025
American narratives about racial prejudice, immigration, and injustice have been transmuted into the just-different-enough context of Catholic versus Protestant battle lines.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025
His relatively measured response has transmuted over time like a tall tale told by a fisherman.
—Darren Richman, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
Beyond lies further alchemy, as film is transmuted into digital form.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Nuclear reactors, where heavy elements were transmuted into lighter ones, released antineutrinos that could be absorbed by atomic nuclei outside of the reactor, leading to their discovery.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transmuted
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Austin is the most liberal city in Texas but it’s also being transformed by tech money.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Two years later, the midnight-movie adaptation The Rocky Horror Picture Show transformed it into a cultural phenomenon, fueled by raucous responses, scant costumes and a sense of communal anarchy.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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Hungarians demonstrated that a moment of divisiveness can be converted into a moment of collective agency.—
Steven P. Dinkin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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The oldest bookstore on our list, Baldwin’s Book Barn in western Pennsylvania, was built in 1822 as a farmhouse before William and Lilla Baldwin converted it into the permanent home of their then-roaming bookselling business in 1946.—
Kat Chen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Apr. 2026
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