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to change in form, appearance, or use
by clicking a few buttons, this toy car can be transformed into a robot
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Recent Examples of transformed
Even transformed into an unexpected salty-sweet dessert (see chef Harold Villarosa’s Spam doughnuts).
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Nina Moskowitz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
5 July 2026
Technological advances — word processing, speech-to-text transcription, scheduling tools and apps — each transformed the duties of administrative professionals and contributed to overall decline.
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Claire Savage,
Fortune,
5 July 2026
In second place was Turkey's İçmeler Bay Beach, which the company noted was a former fishing village before being transformed into a beloved beach resort destination.
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Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
5 July 2026
The 14-time Grammy winner transformed the arena's interior for roughly 1,000 guests, which included officiant Adam Sandler, and many more.
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Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
5 July 2026
Hagan Community Park in Rancho Cordova transformed from a serene hangout spot into an enormous fun-fest fit for a nation’s 250th birthday on Friday.
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Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
4 July 2026
The generations that followed built the interstate highway system, landed Americans on the Moon, created the Internet and transformed the United States into the world's leading economic and technological power.
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Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2026
The flare-up quickly transformed Lebanon from a peripheral concern into a central question hanging over the Iran war and the nascent peace talks.
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Vivian Salama,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2026
The skyscraper ended the Empire State Building’s four-decade reign as the world’s tallest and transformed the West Loop into a glittering office corridor.
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Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
Nina Moskowitz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
5 July 2026
Technological advances — word processing, speech-to-text transcription, scheduling tools and apps — each transformed the duties of administrative professionals and contributed to overall decline.
—
Claire Savage,
Fortune,
5 July 2026
In second place was Turkey's İçmeler Bay Beach, which the company noted was a former fishing village before being transformed into a beloved beach resort destination.
—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
5 July 2026
The 14-time Grammy winner transformed the arena's interior for roughly 1,000 guests, which included officiant Adam Sandler, and many more.
—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
5 July 2026
Hagan Community Park in Rancho Cordova transformed from a serene hangout spot into an enormous fun-fest fit for a nation’s 250th birthday on Friday.
—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
4 July 2026
The generations that followed built the interstate highway system, landed Americans on the Moon, created the Internet and transformed the United States into the world's leading economic and technological power.
—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2026
The flare-up quickly transformed Lebanon from a peripheral concern into a central question hanging over the Iran war and the nascent peace talks.
—
Vivian Salama,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2026
The skyscraper ended the Empire State Building’s four-decade reign as the world’s tallest and transformed the West Loop into a glittering office corridor.
—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transformed
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Bellingham scored two goals 98 seconds apart in the first half, and six minutes after Jarell Quansah was sent off, Kane converted a penalty to restore England’s two-goal lead.
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Half the elegant stable block (converted into a studio by Beaton) and a cozy dairy house remained.
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This remodeled 1905 home sits in historic downtown with a wraparound porch and elder trees on the property.
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The restaurant has been completely remodeled and has added several new menu items since a May 9, 2025, roof fire.
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What was once an eye-catching clique of wayward teens bathed in purple hues has metamorphosed into a barren hellscape rife with drug-smuggling cartels, pistol-packin’ pimps, sugar daddies with mummification kinks and online streamers.
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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.
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But the fields that sloped toward the turquoise sea weren’t about to be cultivated with the vines of Merlot grapes or Regona cider apple trees or even acorns to be transmuted into jamón Ibérico.
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When presented as a wall installation, the pages are transmuted into an object signifying nothing but the imitation of writing by a depersonalized other.
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Thus the god of the clan, the totemic principle, can be none other than the clan itself, but the clan transfigured and imagined.
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According to sources, Alchemised began as Dramione before being transfigured into a dark romantasy.
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“Transformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transformed. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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