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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The makeover was the first domino in a pop culture-disrupting series of events and a full metamorphosis for Cyrus, who still wouldn’t reach legal drinking age until November 2013.
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2024
Jones likens his metamorphosis to that of Gwen Verdon, who was thrust into dance classes while struggling with rickets as a child.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2024
Prosthetics ranged from aging a single index finger, meticulously adding wrinkles and spots, to full-body metamorphosis as Elisabeth transforms into something increasingly unrecognizable.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2024
But despite the outward rearranging of power structures and sleeping arrangements, these shifts are depicted with such subtlety that its hard to identify what changes are born of metamorphosis in the wake of tragedy and what are previously unestablished character traits.
—Leila Latif, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2024
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2024
Jones likens his metamorphosis to that of Gwen Verdon, who was thrust into dance classes while struggling with rickets as a child.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2024
Prosthetics ranged from aging a single index finger, meticulously adding wrinkles and spots, to full-body metamorphosis as Elisabeth transforms into something increasingly unrecognizable.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2024
But despite the outward rearranging of power structures and sleeping arrangements, these shifts are depicted with such subtlety that its hard to identify what changes are born of metamorphosis in the wake of tragedy and what are previously unestablished character traits.
—Leila Latif, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2024
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“Metamorphosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metamorphosis. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.
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