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
Noun
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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The region’s transformations attracted migrants from all over the nation and the world.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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With the right execution, portfolio transformations like this are rewarded with a higher price-to-earnings multiple.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Having this on your hotel's doorstep transforms the entire stay.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Apr. 2026
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In 1987 suburban Tokyo, an 11-year-old girl’s irrepressible imagination transforms everyday life into a vivid, inventive, and deeply moving adventure.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
1 Apr. 2026
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One of the first apartment projects in the latest wave of downtown rental conversions went up for sale in mid-February and, within a week, there were multiple offers.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
1 Apr. 2026
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Formatting is preserved during conversions, which is critical for business and professional use.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The ground station receives that beam with its telescope, focuses it onto a detector, and converts the optical signal back into digital data.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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Its Allegris class introduces personal enclaves, including a center Suite Plus that converts into a double bed for couples.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Metamorphoses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metamorphoses. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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