as in to transform
to change in form, appearance, or use
the novelist transubstantiated the joys and sorrows of his early years into a charming fable about childhood
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Recent Examples of transubstantiate
Just as the heat of Trinity forged sand into glass, that same device (and all after it) transubstantiated myth into reality.
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Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
But his concerns are the same as artists 500 years gone — how bodies can be transubstantiated into precious metal, and take on new meaning and value.
—New York Times, 13 Feb. 2020
Our fathers poured the gold like priests / transubstantiating molten for the world’s architecture.
—Patrick T. Reardon, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2019
Through football, a one-hour spectacle of peak human performance and perfect pageantry is transubstantiated in real time into the country’s sustaining mythology.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2017
And then there was Evie, the most beloved, who had transubstantiated into a postcard from Reno.
—Sherman Alexie, The New Yorker, 5 June 2017
Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
But his concerns are the same as artists 500 years gone — how bodies can be transubstantiated into precious metal, and take on new meaning and value.
—New York Times, 13 Feb. 2020
Our fathers poured the gold like priests / transubstantiating molten for the world’s architecture.
—Patrick T. Reardon, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2019
Through football, a one-hour spectacle of peak human performance and perfect pageantry is transubstantiated in real time into the country’s sustaining mythology.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2017
And then there was Evie, the most beloved, who had transubstantiated into a postcard from Reno.
—Sherman Alexie, The New Yorker, 5 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transubstantiate
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To some extent, the cool commercial logic of the fashion industry—which transforms beautiful, original works into cheaply reproducible goods, season after season—echoes that of Hollywood, which regularly cannibalizes and, yes, franchises its greatest successes.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
29 Apr. 2026
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Set to debut this September, Kerrigan's forthcoming book aims to transform women's approach to dating by working to establish better standards, self-worth and confidence.—
Staff Author Updated,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
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McDaniels delivered 20 points, converting 9 of 13 shots, and added 10 rebounds.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2026
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Bromfield had nearly finished converting the 25,000-square-foot brick building to apartments when the pandemic derailed his work.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
24 Apr. 2026
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