as in transformed
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 morphed
The 14 remaining castaways morphed into two tribes of seven, with the original Hina holding a majority alliance in one tribe, while the original Uli held a majority in the other.
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Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Still, his eyes were like saucers, looking around at all the activity, our quiet evening at home having morphed into a scene from a hospital drama.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 14 Oct. 2025
That morphed following its devastating 1980s war with Iraq into more of an effort to provide a level of deterrence as Arab nations around it purchased sophisticated American bombs, warplanes and tanks that Tehran couldn’t access due to sanctions.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
In that time, the core vehicle has morphed into different iterations, while the company has changed ownership a few times – coming under the umbrellas of both Daimler Chrysler and Polaris, and most recently settling in at the Wave Inc stable.
—New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2025
The story behind how Rudolph morphed into history’s most prolific killer during his tenure as commandant of Nazi Germany’s most notorious camp is still something of a mystery to his grandson.
—Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
And yet, it’s somehow morphed into a good memory filled with gratitude for the opportunity.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
As music and dance styles across America morphed, so did Second Line participation.
—Jenny Adams, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Once the soundtrack of the working class, cumbia's simple, yet contagious, rhythm absorbed local styles, morphed, and reinvented itself.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Still, his eyes were like saucers, looking around at all the activity, our quiet evening at home having morphed into a scene from a hospital drama.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 14 Oct. 2025
That morphed following its devastating 1980s war with Iraq into more of an effort to provide a level of deterrence as Arab nations around it purchased sophisticated American bombs, warplanes and tanks that Tehran couldn’t access due to sanctions.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
In that time, the core vehicle has morphed into different iterations, while the company has changed ownership a few times – coming under the umbrellas of both Daimler Chrysler and Polaris, and most recently settling in at the Wave Inc stable.
—New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2025
The story behind how Rudolph morphed into history’s most prolific killer during his tenure as commandant of Nazi Germany’s most notorious camp is still something of a mystery to his grandson.
—Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
And yet, it’s somehow morphed into a good memory filled with gratitude for the opportunity.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
As music and dance styles across America morphed, so did Second Line participation.
—Jenny Adams, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Once the soundtrack of the working class, cumbia's simple, yet contagious, rhythm absorbed local styles, morphed, and reinvented itself.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for morphed
Verb
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The team traversed steep and uneven ground, overcame vertical drops of up to 60 feet (20 meters) using rope techniques and transformed a small underground site into a temporary base.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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The waterfront would be transformed into a large marina, with piers and floating docks off the shore by the old Flipper Dolphin lagoon theater and wrapping around most of the waterfront, along with racks for storing smaller boats on land and heavy machinery depositing them in the water as needed.—
Pedro Portal,
Miami Herald,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Nowadays, the birds would be mutated.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Oct. 2025
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Stardom has splintered, expanded, mutated in the decades since the fall of the studio system that minted and owned its stars under contract.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Morphed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morphed. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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