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Recent Examples of transfiguration His way of moving, almost too smooth for the rough world that his character is forced into, goes beyond technique into transfiguration. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2025 For most people born in the past three decades, Maggie Smith became a familiar figure as Minerva McGonagall, the transfiguration professor and deputy headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Harry Potter movies. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2024 Her character was the formidable Hogwarts transfiguration teacher, head of Gryffindor house and, later, headmistress, taking over the latter position from Professor Albus Dumbledore. Jen Juneau, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024 That’s what happens, what occupies the last years of his life, the transfiguration of an ephemeral, palpitating essence into a purely pictorial design. Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Harper's Magazine, 22 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for transfiguration
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Noun
  • Meanwhile, offensive coordinator Tim Beck is the unsung hero of the Commodores’ transformation.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Sracic spent years as a political science professor at Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio, ground zero for this transformation.
    David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • New York’s response drive featured a conversion on fourth-and-19.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • That capped a 13-play, 80-yard march requiring three third-down conversions, including a 13-yard completion to McCaffrey at the 1.
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Transfiguration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transfiguration. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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