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to change in form, appearance, or use
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Recent Examples of transformed
Holy Oly transformed into a drive-through chicken pick-up, with a wave from the car and a check-in with lifelong friends.
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Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2026
Largely unknown outside scientific circles, Lehmann fundamentally transformed our understanding of what lies at the heart of our planet.
—Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2026
The Hollywood & Dine restaurant will be transformed into Sanji’s Galley during Fan Fest with a One Piece cocktail bar located nearby.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2026
The businesswoman transformed into Demi Moore's 1996 Striptease character, Erin Grant, for one of her many costumes in 2024.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
The Industrial Revolution, supercharged by the Civil War, transformed Northeastern cities into denser and denser wooden tinderboxes filled with tons of humans more than capable of accidentally generating sparks.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Unlike his Paris apartment—transformed into a stark, almost clinical environment—this house reflects a more informal way of living and working.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2026
Warfare and military strategies transformed once firearms and artillery appeared.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Her death exposed to the world a reality that Iranian women have faced and fought for since 1979, when the country transformed into an Islamic republic with religious law severely restricting women.
—Laurie Perez, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2026
Largely unknown outside scientific circles, Lehmann fundamentally transformed our understanding of what lies at the heart of our planet.
—Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2026
The Hollywood & Dine restaurant will be transformed into Sanji’s Galley during Fan Fest with a One Piece cocktail bar located nearby.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2026
The businesswoman transformed into Demi Moore's 1996 Striptease character, Erin Grant, for one of her many costumes in 2024.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
The Industrial Revolution, supercharged by the Civil War, transformed Northeastern cities into denser and denser wooden tinderboxes filled with tons of humans more than capable of accidentally generating sparks.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Unlike his Paris apartment—transformed into a stark, almost clinical environment—this house reflects a more informal way of living and working.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2026
Warfare and military strategies transformed once firearms and artillery appeared.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Her death exposed to the world a reality that Iranian women have faced and fought for since 1979, when the country transformed into an Islamic republic with religious law severely restricting women.
—Laurie Perez, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transformed
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The Predators blew a 3-0 lead before O'Reilly converted off a pass from Luke Evangelista to give them their 15th straight win over the Sharks for their longest winning streak ever against one opponent.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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But the Flames had converted four times on either odd-man rushes or breakaways, erasing the Ducks’ early 1-0 lead.—
Elliott Teaford,
Oc Register,
5 Apr. 2026
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Instead, officials said he was moved to a mobile home in Dania Beach that was owned by an associate of Shlafman while the condo was cleaned and remodeled, and ID Investors paid $20,000 to stop foreclosure on the Hollywood property, the affidavit said.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2026
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Completed in 2004 by builder James Nolan and architect Howard Backen, and extensively remodeled by Seacrest in collaboration with Clint Nicholas and Silvia Nobili of Nobili Marqués Arquitectura, the property offers a Tuscan-style main home, a pool house, and a guest cottage.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
27 Mar. 2026
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The show that began as a bottom-up look at the cutthroat world of finance has metamorphosed into something more dismal.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
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The pressure and heat of deep burial and tectonic events over eons have transformed the silt into a hard metamorphic rock, and the microbial carbon in it has metamorphosed into graphite.—
Howard Lee,
ArsTechnica,
11 Aug. 2025
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That chapter taught us that even our pain can be transmuted into power.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
30 Dec. 2025
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American narratives about racial prejudice, immigration, and injustice have been transmuted into the just-different-enough context of Catholic versus Protestant battle lines.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
27 Nov. 2025
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According to sources, Alchemised began as Dramione before being transfigured into a dark romantasy.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Transformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transformed. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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