as in transformed
to change in form, appearance, or use
a science fiction story in which radiation metamorphoses people into giant bugs
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Recent Examples of metamorphosed
What was once an eye-catching clique of wayward teens bathed in purple hues has metamorphosed into a barren hellscape rife with drug-smuggling cartels, pistol-packin’ pimps, sugar daddies with mummification kinks and online streamers.
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Marlow Stern, Variety, 24 May 2026
The show that began as a bottom-up look at the cutthroat world of finance has metamorphosed into something more dismal.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
The pressure and heat of deep burial and tectonic events over eons have transformed the silt into a hard metamorphic rock, and the microbial carbon in it has metamorphosed into graphite.
—Howard Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
Marlow Stern, Variety, 24 May 2026
The show that began as a bottom-up look at the cutthroat world of finance has metamorphosed into something more dismal.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
The pressure and heat of deep burial and tectonic events over eons have transformed the silt into a hard metamorphic rock, and the microbial carbon in it has metamorphosed into graphite.
—Howard Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for metamorphosed
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Every neighborhood has its own part in the story too, as the nightlife nexus has migrated up and down Manhattan, shimmied across the East River and back, and transformed, faltered, and thrived again over the past six decades.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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Alongside husband and series co-creator Garrett Kennell, Khare has transformed her digital series into one of contemporary Hollywood’s most ambitious nonfiction productions online.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
6 June 2026
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Johan Neeskens converted the resulting penalty which was, for 23 minutes, the only one to be awarded in a World Cup final.—
Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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The rest were converted into charter schools, demolished for university development or redeveloped as market-rate housing.—
Julia McWilliams,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
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“Metamorphosed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metamorphosed. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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