as in transforming
to change in form, appearance, or use
a science fiction story in which radiation metamorphoses people into giant bugs
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Recent Examples of metamorphosing
For decades, biologists thought that early tetrapods, ancient vertebrates that started conquering the land over 300 million years ago, developed like modern amphibians—beginning their lives as purely aquatic tadpoles and then metamorphosing into terrestrial adults.
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Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
23 June 2026
This office has been metamorphosing over time.
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Mishal Husain,
Bloomberg,
13 Mar. 2026
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
23 June 2026
This office has been metamorphosing over time.
—
Mishal Husain,
Bloomberg,
13 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for metamorphosing
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Happy Organics’ beeswax candles mimic cherries, asparagus and other produce, transforming birthday cakes and tabletops into playful tributes to Central Valley farm life.
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Fortunately, Spielberg stepped up to the plate, transforming the short novel into a big-screen masterpiece.
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Egypt brought the calm, cool, collected factors to the shootout, converting on all four attempts from Mahmoud Saber, Rami Rabia, Mohamed Salah and Hossam Abdelmaguid.
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The key difference lies in the process for converting the fissile material to be bomb usable (chemical reprocessing in the case of plutonium, rather than enrichment, which can be done covertly and in small batches).
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“Metamorphosing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metamorphosing. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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