as in to transform
to change in form, appearance, or use
time and fiction writers have alchemized these Wild West thugs into romantic heroes
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In the last two decades, Johnson has alchemized scientific knowledge into climate action, both through policy work with government leaders and with Urban Ocean Lab, the think tank she co-founded to map out strategies for coastal cities to adapt to climate impact.
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Charlotte Hu, Time, 11 Nov. 2025
In Pollard’s view, this transformative magic alchemizes when complete strangers connect and become friends.
—Georgiana Ralphs, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
For an artist who had alchemized his collection of Prince, A Tribe Called Quest, Roberta Flack, and Marvin Gaye records into a beautiful sound of his own, this was never a slight.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2025
Verdi’s Otello isn’t Shakespeare’s Othello but a cauldron that alchemizes ugly impulses into irresistible beauty.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
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Charlotte Hu, Time, 11 Nov. 2025
In Pollard’s view, this transformative magic alchemizes when complete strangers connect and become friends.
—Georgiana Ralphs, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
For an artist who had alchemized his collection of Prince, A Tribe Called Quest, Roberta Flack, and Marvin Gaye records into a beautiful sound of his own, this was never a slight.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2025
Verdi’s Otello isn’t Shakespeare’s Othello but a cauldron that alchemizes ugly impulses into irresistible beauty.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
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Paris — Gisèle Pelicot emerged as a global feminist hero in 2024 by transforming her horrific, personal story into a public battle against rape culture.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN Money,
12 Feb. 2026
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The modern workplace has a strong flavor of poor management, with poor leadership quickly transforming what started as a good job into a bad one, with burnout and heavy workloads following soon afterward.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
11 Feb. 2026
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Critics across the political spectrum have argued that repeatedly extending the emergency effectively converted a disaster-response reserve into a standing funding stream for immigration policy.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
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When Health Net, a California nonprofit health maintenance organization, converted to a for-profit insurance company in 1992, regulators required that 80% of its equity be transferred to another nonprofit health foundation.—
Alnoor Ebrahim,
The Conversation,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Alchemize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alchemize. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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