transformative
adjective
trans·for·ma·tive
tran(t)s-ˈfȯr-mə-tiv 
: causing or able to cause an important and lasting change in someone or something
a transformative experience
And she'll tell anyone who asks about her transformative weeks working for UNICEF in Congo and Cambodia.—
S. L. Price
S. L. PriceIt is increasingly hard to escape the conclusion that American politics has entered one of those rare transformative moments that shape the content of our public discourse and the direction of our governance for generations.—Doug Ireland
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But the future really is more about what’s around Mahomes to avoid squandering any more of his transformative talent.
—Kansas City Star, 26 Dec. 2025
The work ahead is ambitious, but the potential benefits — a more skilled workforce, stronger industries, better jobs and deeper cross-border collaboration — are transformative.
—Adela De La Torre, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2025
Some have argued that even noisy quantum machines can be useful, but almost everyone agrees that for truly transformative applications, quantum computers will need to become error resilient.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Dec. 2025
And that shift is what makes 2026 one of your most transformative financial years to date.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 23 Dec. 2025
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Kansas City Star, 26 Dec. 2025
The work ahead is ambitious, but the potential benefits — a more skilled workforce, stronger industries, better jobs and deeper cross-border collaboration — are transformative.
—Adela De La Torre, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2025
Some have argued that even noisy quantum machines can be useful, but almost everyone agrees that for truly transformative applications, quantum computers will need to become error resilient.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Dec. 2025
And that shift is what makes 2026 one of your most transformative financial years to date.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 23 Dec. 2025
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“Transformative.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transformative. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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