as in transforming
to change in form, appearance, or use
time and fiction writers have alchemized these Wild West thugs into romantic heroes
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Recent Examples of alchemizing
The film is really about alchemizing trauma and overcoming trauma.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 Mar. 2026
The 40-year old multi-hyphenate creative has lived an abundant life in her four decades, which includes sculpting an enviable body from grit, alchemizing grief after losing her brother, father and mother a few years apart, and building a commendable career by embracing the uncomfortable.
—Essence, 16 Jan. 2026
Few authors are better equipped to address these questions than the Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard, who made a name for himself by alchemizing his private life into approximately 3,500 pages of literary voyeurism and stamping it with the name of Hitler’s manifesto.
—Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 Mar. 2026
The 40-year old multi-hyphenate creative has lived an abundant life in her four decades, which includes sculpting an enviable body from grit, alchemizing grief after losing her brother, father and mother a few years apart, and building a commendable career by embracing the uncomfortable.
—Essence, 16 Jan. 2026
Few authors are better equipped to address these questions than the Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard, who made a name for himself by alchemizing his private life into approximately 3,500 pages of literary voyeurism and stamping it with the name of Hitler’s manifesto.
—Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alchemizing
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But the market wasn’t long for Sacramento thereafter, with a new owner transforming the building into offices a few years later.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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The core of White’s framework lies in transforming data into narrative.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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Most of the trouble on this night came from starter Ryan Johnson’s inability to find the strike zone and the defense’s problems converting two plays that should have been made.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
31 Mar. 2026
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The now 36-year-old Dane, who made his fortune as an early investor in Joe & the Juice, and his partner Emilie Green Novél set about converting the former village marketplace into a hotel where 18 rooms frame a courtyard.—
Selina Denman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Alchemizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alchemizing. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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