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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Velasco adapted and transformed the classroom at Dishchii’bikoh Community School to match the curriculum.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Creator @tinalemac shared her step-by-step process for transforming a plain IKEA mirror into a high-end replica using nothing more than tin foil and air-dry clay.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Sep. 2025
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Initially powered by a water counterbalance system, it was soon converted to steam in 1886 and later electrified by 1915.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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More than 1,000 employees circumnavigate the bustling fifth floor Tempus office around an atrium that Lefkofsky said was a spiral parking ramp before the building — a National Historic Landmark that once housed the country’s oldest mail-order firm — was converted to tech space 25 years ago.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Alchemize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alchemize. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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