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
After more than four years, Russia’s full-scale invasion has morphed into a grinding war of attrition where soldiers are being killed en masse, financial losses are piling up and Kyiv has started to liberate more land than Moscow has seized.
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Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 June 2026
Crucial events morphed into massive set pieces, like Louis hunting down Claudia’s killers by setting their theater on fire, exploding the motorcycles of the vampires who fled the inferno, and eventually bursting out of a manhole to behead Claudia’s main tormenter.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 June 2026
Has that vision, and approach to inclusivity, morphed at all over the years?
—Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2026
Saks Global this year has also morphed into a much different business.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 1 June 2026
The challenge that Slot faced and embraced initially had morphed into something else entirely.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 31 May 2026
Um, Hin Bus Depot is this really amazing art gallery that has sort of morphed.
—AFAR Media, 30 May 2026
On Friday night at the University of San Diego softball field, that goal and expectation morphed into reality.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026
Those advocating for a fundamental reset — including Newsom, businesses, cities and counties — say a cottage industry of consultants and attorneys have morphed the claim process to include common ailments such as high blood pressure and toenail fungus.
—Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2026
Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 June 2026
Crucial events morphed into massive set pieces, like Louis hunting down Claudia’s killers by setting their theater on fire, exploding the motorcycles of the vampires who fled the inferno, and eventually bursting out of a manhole to behead Claudia’s main tormenter.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 June 2026
Has that vision, and approach to inclusivity, morphed at all over the years?
—Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2026
Saks Global this year has also morphed into a much different business.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 1 June 2026
The challenge that Slot faced and embraced initially had morphed into something else entirely.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 31 May 2026
Um, Hin Bus Depot is this really amazing art gallery that has sort of morphed.
—AFAR Media, 30 May 2026
On Friday night at the University of San Diego softball field, that goal and expectation morphed into reality.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026
Those advocating for a fundamental reset — including Newsom, businesses, cities and counties — say a cottage industry of consultants and attorneys have morphed the claim process to include common ailments such as high blood pressure and toenail fungus.
—Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for morphed
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Other advocates, including some from Chicago’s Northwest Side, have worried that broadly legalizing medium-sized developments could lead to existing affordable housing being transformed into more expensive units.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
30 May 2026
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Ousmane Dembele has been transformed from a talented but unreliable and injury-prone winger into a Ballon d’Or-winning striker.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
30 May 2026
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But the War on Terror persisted and mutated into nightmares in Iraq and Afghanistan, and then Syria, which unleashed that darkness in the form of terrorist states and a refugee crisis that spread anti-Muslim and anti-migrant hatred to Europe, the United States, and beyond.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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According to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, BRCA2 is a gene that, when mutated, can increase a person’s lifetime risk of breast and other cancers, including ovarian, prostate and pancreatic.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
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