as in to transform
to take on a different shape, appearance, or state
When it emerged from its chrysalis, the caterpillar had morphed into a striking butterfly.
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Recent Examples of morph
What started as a productivity tool — keeping tech workers on-site for lunch — and later morphed into a recruitment tool for employers, is now pitching itself as an amenity on par with lounges, gyms and roof decks in service of the back-to-office movement.
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Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Thanks to the rise of algorithmic feeds, clipping has morphed into the creator economy’s version of wheatpasting.
—Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
However your personality is, this offense is going to morph itself around you.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026
An oil painting on angels on Spelling’s wall inspired the show title, and the speaker box on Spelling’s desk morphed into the idea of Charlie’s speaker.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
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Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Thanks to the rise of algorithmic feeds, clipping has morphed into the creator economy’s version of wheatpasting.
—Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
However your personality is, this offense is going to morph itself around you.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026
An oil painting on angels on Spelling’s wall inspired the show title, and the speaker box on Spelling’s desk morphed into the idea of Charlie’s speaker.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
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Burelli also warned the policy shift could transform Venezuela into a laundering hub for illicit gold from across the Amazon basin, with miners from Brazil, Colombia, Guyana and Suriname channeling production through Venezuelan networks before reaching global buyers.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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Hannah's idea was to transform needles into what's called biochar carbon.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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In an ironic twist, the American president became the regime’s midwife, forcing the old order to mutate and reinvent itself.—
Boris Muñoz,
Time,
3 Apr. 2026
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Not just as a video game adaptation, but as a snapshot of cinema mutating in real time.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Morph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morph. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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