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a change in form, appearance, or use
a raven-haired starlet who underwent an attention-getting transformation and showed up at the awards ceremony as a blonde
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Recent Examples of transformations
This explains why nearly 70% of digital health transformations fail, according to McKinsey.
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Ethan Pham, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Assayas takes a cynical and clichéd view regarding temptation and corruption, worldly rewards of security and pleasure, even ego and pride, while having nothing to say about the transformations envisioned or the values embodied in the exercise of political authority.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
So with the emergence of challenges specific to AI adoption — questions of infrastructure, governance, integration, and workflow modernization — firms have increasingly begun establishing a dedicated office in the CAIO to oversee AI transformations, Su said.
—Matthew Chin, CNBC, 11 May 2026
Most transformations succeed or fail because of people.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 11 May 2026
Larsson has witnessed first-hand the many transformations the genre has undergone over the past decade.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026
Today, in a fitting analog to the city’s own upmarket transformations, the America Terminal mostly welcomes luxury cruise ships.
—Laura Moser, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2026
The early results confirmed the fracturing of Britain's traditional two-party system into a multi-party democracy, in what analysts say represents one of the biggest transformations in British politics in the last century.
—Andrew MacAskill, USA Today, 8 May 2026
The transformations are meant to render the pavilion into a building-sized Wardian case, a Victorian-era terrarium used to transport foreign plants across the British Empire.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 6 May 2026
Ethan Pham, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Assayas takes a cynical and clichéd view regarding temptation and corruption, worldly rewards of security and pleasure, even ego and pride, while having nothing to say about the transformations envisioned or the values embodied in the exercise of political authority.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
So with the emergence of challenges specific to AI adoption — questions of infrastructure, governance, integration, and workflow modernization — firms have increasingly begun establishing a dedicated office in the CAIO to oversee AI transformations, Su said.
—Matthew Chin, CNBC, 11 May 2026
Most transformations succeed or fail because of people.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 11 May 2026
Larsson has witnessed first-hand the many transformations the genre has undergone over the past decade.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026
Today, in a fitting analog to the city’s own upmarket transformations, the America Terminal mostly welcomes luxury cruise ships.
—Laura Moser, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2026
The early results confirmed the fracturing of Britain's traditional two-party system into a multi-party democracy, in what analysts say represents one of the biggest transformations in British politics in the last century.
—Andrew MacAskill, USA Today, 8 May 2026
The transformations are meant to render the pavilion into a building-sized Wardian case, a Victorian-era terrarium used to transport foreign plants across the British Empire.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 6 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transformations
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Utility Joshua Wedemeyer, Senior Utility, Fort Worth Paschal Wedemeyer recorded 9 goals, 6 assists and five penalty kick conversions as a team captain, helping the Panthers secure a playoff berth while earning First Team All District honors.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 May 2026
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Electricity undergoes multiple conversions, moving from high-voltage direct current into high-frequency magnetic fields before being captured and stabilized on board.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
6 May 2026
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Then, in the second segment from L1 to the moon, the spacecraft later departs along an unstable manifold and transitions into lunar orbit.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
17 May 2026
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But in the meantime, as the class of 2026 transitions from students to the newest members of the workforce, the hunt is on to find AI-proof career paths.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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“Transformations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transformations. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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