Thesaurus results for METAMORPHOSIS

metamorphosis

noun

ˌme-tə-ˈmȯr-fə-səs

as in transformation

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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Recent Examples of metamorphosis Once emerging from the egg sac, the tadpoles will begin a metamorphosis that will turn them into adult frogs in about eight to 12 weeks. —

Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026 Netflix’s metamorphosis into a fully traditional movie studio, complete with all the frictions of theatrical, remains incomplete, and may stay that way. —

Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2026 Astronomers have witnessed one of our universe's biggest stars transforming into a rare stellar body, and the dramatic metamorphosis may be the prequel to a powerful supernova explosion that sees this star birth a black hole. —

Robert Lea, Space.com, 26 Feb. 2026 Was this a radical, unpredictable metamorphosis, or was a fascist tendency latent in the DNA of the party? —

Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for metamorphosis

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Blackburn is well aware of Weaver’s journey of transformation — which secured him a two-year, $22 million with the Mets over the winter — as the two chatted about it last year.

— Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2026
Nonesuch ends not with a cliff-hanger, exactly, but with a transformation that necessitates a follow-up.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026