as in transforming
to take on a different shape, appearance, or state
When it emerged from its chrysalis, the caterpillar had morphed into a striking butterfly.
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Recent Examples of morphing
After morphing into a giant monster in The Faculty, Harris starred on Bryan Fuller's Showtime dramedy about grim reapers, Dead Like Me, taking over for Rebecca Gayheart.
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Keith Langston, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
My mother’s always been a master of changing and morphing the business as the landscape changes.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025
Overnight, customers discovered that their formerly frisky bots had turned frigid, some morphing into befuddled entities who seemed to be suffering from brain injuries.
—Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Virgo has Steal Away begin as a feminist drama that eventually breaks conventions by morphing into something of a horror film, with even a pinch of the supernatural.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
The particles come in three types, constantly morphing from one to another in a phenomenon called neutrino oscillation.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025
Like coal morphing into diamonds, expectation, when embraced, can sculpt brilliance.
—Pankaj Vasani, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Each iteration morphing into an idyllic spot in the home to foster hospitality, socializing, and zen time.
—Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2025
In a paper published today in Science Robotics, researchers at Stanford University have presented some new work on understanding exactly how birds maintain control by morphing the shape of their wings.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Jan. 2020
Keith Langston, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
My mother’s always been a master of changing and morphing the business as the landscape changes.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025
Overnight, customers discovered that their formerly frisky bots had turned frigid, some morphing into befuddled entities who seemed to be suffering from brain injuries.
—Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Virgo has Steal Away begin as a feminist drama that eventually breaks conventions by morphing into something of a horror film, with even a pinch of the supernatural.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
The particles come in three types, constantly morphing from one to another in a phenomenon called neutrino oscillation.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025
Like coal morphing into diamonds, expectation, when embraced, can sculpt brilliance.
—Pankaj Vasani, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Each iteration morphing into an idyllic spot in the home to foster hospitality, socializing, and zen time.
—Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2025
In a paper published today in Science Robotics, researchers at Stanford University have presented some new work on understanding exactly how birds maintain control by morphing the shape of their wings.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for morphing
Verb
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Two years painstakingly transforming a 200-year-old Philadelphia row house into the restaurant equivalent of a Formula 1 car; nearly 20 more honing his skills in kitchens across the city, learning, sharpening, waiting.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
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Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO, HBO and HBO Max Content, has steered HBO for almost a decade, successfully transforming the cable network into a streaming brand while keeping it an Emmy juggernaut with shows such as Succession, The White Lotus and The Last of Us.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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Among the familiar faces fans will encounter are the heroine, Lucy, the Ghoul, and Maximus, as well as a gaggle of mutating and robotic foes.—
Simon Thompson,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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But the form is alive and mutating elsewhere.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Morphing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morphing. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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