as in to transform
to change in form, appearance, or use
time and fiction writers have alchemized these Wild West thugs into romantic heroes
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Recent Examples of alchemize
Meanwhile, people were trying to shine it up and alchemize it into some sort of self-improvement lesson.
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Jessica Dulong, CNN, 24 Oct. 2022
The singers, however, alchemize everything into the most hypnotic sound.
—Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2022
David Milch believes in the power of story to heal, to alchemize the ample pain that life offers into something transcendent and redemptive.
—Chris Vognar, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2022
Pop culture, always ready to alchemize anxiety into entertainment, has been weaving that sense of abandonment into its stories.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2022
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Jessica Dulong, CNN, 24 Oct. 2022
The singers, however, alchemize everything into the most hypnotic sound.
—Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2022
David Milch believes in the power of story to heal, to alchemize the ample pain that life offers into something transcendent and redemptive.
—Chris Vognar, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2022
Pop culture, always ready to alchemize anxiety into entertainment, has been weaving that sense of abandonment into its stories.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alchemize
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Fungi transform materials that plants and animals otherwise wouldn’t be able to use to their benefit.—
Lauren Oster,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 May 2025
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The Kazakh Uranium Supply The race toward the AI future is transforming geopolitics.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Apple and Google have also made efforts to remove AI services that convert clothed images into manipulated nude ones from their app stores and search results.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
19 May 2025
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Scheffler has now successfully converted his first three 54-hole leads or co-leads in majors, something done only nine other times in the modern era.—
Justin Ray,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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“Alchemize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alchemize. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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