as in transforming
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 alchemizing
The film is really about alchemizing trauma and overcoming trauma.
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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
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
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This subsequently sends the starship forward or backward in time, while occasionally (and inexplicably) transforming your shipmates into freaky clay heads.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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The gals’ night together becomes an illuminating, madcap journey, transforming their feud into friendship.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
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Members of the cell that Saucedo led were responsible for not only distributing bulk methamphetamine, but also converting liquid meth into its finished form.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Mar. 2026
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Other use cases include converting the file formats in a folder and renaming them based on their contents.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Alchemizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alchemizing. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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