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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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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Witness the most monstrous of monster transformations, one that cemented Rick Baker’s legacy and earned him his first Academy Award, unfurl on the big screen before your very eyes.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
11 Mar. 2026
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Everyone in that cafeteria is then rounded up by billionaire Byron Forst’s Corporation and quarantined in a kind of secret prison so that their transformations can be observed.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In the first act, a love potion instantly transforms contempt into adoration.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2026
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As Venus meets Pluto, a private exchange transforms your expectations.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Batch processing supports bulk conversions, encryption, splitting, and compression, which is useful for handling large document sets.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
11 Mar. 2026
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Neighborhoods that were solidly working-class five years ago now attract developers seeking upscale conversions.—
Rafael Leon,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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The gut converts compounds in pomegranate into urolithin A, which supports mitochondrial repair and longevity.—
Hannah Coates,
Vogue,
5 Mar. 2026
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Your body converts beta-carotene into vitamin A as needed, so this powerful plant compound can indirectly support vision, skin health, and immune function.—
Caitlin Beale,
Health,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Metamorphoses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metamorphoses. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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