as in transformations
a change in form, appearance, or use
the metamorphosis of caterpillars into butterflies the metamorphosis of the abandoned factory into a mixed-use property
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as in transforms
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 metamorphoses
Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
My son had to work to follow Jack’s metamorphoses, to track the relationship between the spells and their consequences.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
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His fingerprints are all over the 21st-century Big Inventive Novel, with its sentient raindrops (Elif Shafak), its melodramatic families (Kiran Desai), its metamorphoses of race (Mohsin Hamid) and history (Marlon James).
—Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
My son had to work to follow Jack’s metamorphoses, to track the relationship between the spells and their consequences.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
The Tale of Genji ’s early chapters are rooted in fairy-tale monogatari, but the book soon metamorphoses into its own strange thing, a courtly romance that follows Prince Genji over his half century of life, and then, after Genji’s death, takes up the lives of the next generation.
—Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for metamorphoses
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This year’s edition of the international trade fair Heimtextil, held annually in Frankfurt, Germany, will explore these transformations and how the textile sector can successfully implement AI—without stripping value from creators (or consumers).—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Jan. 2026
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Those types of transformations generally require a calorie deficit and resistance training.—
Currie Engel,
Health,
13 Jan. 2026
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Snowshoeing is popular in the winter, and at night, the center transforms into a twinkly wonderland of illumination known as Wild Lights.—
Lauren Breedlove,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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When a partner transforms fundamentally, obligations may lapse without dishonor.—
Daniel Ross Goodman,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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The Vikings were last in the NFL in turnovers, interceptions and third down conversions and second-to-last in sack percentage.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Jan. 2026
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In a season filled with remarkable rallies, the Bears delivered another one in the fourth quarter at Soldier Field, erasing a 16-0 deficit and tying the game with those two Williams touchdown passes plus that pair of 2-point conversions.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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The robot uses its cameras to understand the scene, generates visual predictions of future actions, and then converts those predictions into precise movements using an inverse dynamics model.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
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Carrots, for example, provide beta-carotene, which the body converts into vitamin A to support immune health and vision.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Metamorphoses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metamorphoses. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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