alchemizing

present participle of alchemize

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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
  • Inspired by Tintoretto’s Mercury and the Graces, Chan reimagines the Three Graces as abstract forms while transforming Mercury into planetary and sculptural imagery.
    Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Across the country, camp fees have risen sharply, transforming what was once a middle-class rite of passage into a major household expense.
    Melissa Petro, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • The Atlanta City Council voted 11-1 to direct the Department of Aviation to commission a study to look at the possibility of converting to the private security model, Fox 5 Atlanta reported in May.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
  • The instinct most change-makers follow is to spend their energy converting the hostile 10%.
    Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

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“Alchemizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alchemizing. Accessed 28 Jul. 2026.

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