morph

Definition of morphnext
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 The Magic already picked up Black’s club options for this season and next, as he’s morphed into a key rotational piece. Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026 What had started as typical college-age shenanigans had morphed into regularly overindulging at professional happy hours, and eventually into an all-day urge to drink. Lev Facher, STAT, 14 May 2026 The Mets have morphed into the Jets. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026 For the next two hours, led by Cheng in a shiny red safety helmet and a bright blue work vest, the team made its way across a flat road that quickly morphed into a vertical, narrow dirt path strewn with loose stone and rock. Erin Tan, NBC news, 13 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for morph
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  • Wastewater is also reused for irrigation, and the hotel has also started recycling vegetable oils with an organization that transforms the waste into biodiesel.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 May 2026
  • Technology, desire and collapse Across the Giardini, Maja Malou Lyse’s DIS, Things to Come (2026) transforms the Danish Pavilion into an immersive environment where digital imagery and physical presence collapse into one another.
    Andrew S. Jacobson, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2026
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  • New products arrive weekly, existing ones mutate with each model upgrade and the falling cost of building software means that every startup with a large-language model and a pitch deck now claims to be reinventing the category.
    Eilon Reshef, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Things reportedly spiral after a strange signal hidden beneath the city’s subway tunnels begins mutating the station’s broadcasts — and possibly its listeners.
    SPIN Staff, SPIN, 14 May 2026

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“Morph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morph. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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