alchemizing

present participle of alchemize

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of alchemizing The film is really about alchemizing trauma and overcoming trauma. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 Mar. 2026 The 40-year old multi-hyphenate creative has lived an abundant life in her four decades, which includes sculpting an enviable body from grit, alchemizing grief after losing her brother, father and mother a few years apart, and building a commendable career by embracing the uncomfortable. — Essence, 16 Jan. 2026 Few authors are better equipped to address these questions than the Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard, who made a name for himself by alchemizing his private life into approximately 3,500 pages of literary voyeurism and stamping it with the name of Hitler’s manifesto. — Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alchemizing
Verb
  • By transforming the application of violence and expanding warfare from limited conflicts to existential risks, this inflection point requires a new way of thinking about and constructing alliances.
    — Dan Driscoll, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Originality often lies not in creating from nothing but in transforming what already exists.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The proposition is to connect China’s factories with its creator economy; Black Lake’s agents bridge the gap by converting ideas into designs, a 3D simulation, and industrial data sent to a factory.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Eventually, the interior fell largely vacant and the exterior acquired a second skin of billboards, effectively converting it into a scaffolding for ads.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2026

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“Alchemizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alchemizing. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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