as in conversion
a change in form, appearance, or use
a raven-haired starlet who underwent an attention-getting transformation and showed up at the awards ceremony as a blonde
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Recent Examples of transformation
His plan, if realized, would require a tuition hike and bring about the college’s second radical transformation in as many years.
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Alice Herman, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Those who venture onto the open waters say the transformation is tangible.
—Steven Rosenfeld, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
The film has been generating early buzz for the dramatic transformation Stone undertook.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
When Libra Season begins on the 22nd, your focus shifts toward intimacy and transformation, while Mars in Scorpio fires up your expansion zone.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Aug. 2025
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Alice Herman, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Those who venture onto the open waters say the transformation is tangible.
—Steven Rosenfeld, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
The film has been generating early buzz for the dramatic transformation Stone undertook.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
When Libra Season begins on the 22nd, your focus shifts toward intimacy and transformation, while Mars in Scorpio fires up your expansion zone.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transformation
Noun
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And Woods had strong coverage on two key plays, a third-down play at the end of the second quarter and a two-point conversion on the third, that resulted in incompletions.—
Adam Grosbard,
Oc Register,
17 Aug. 2025
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Three of Harris’ other catches went for third-down conversions.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
17 Aug. 2025
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Minot is scheduled to be the last missile base to transition to Sentinel, a process that could extend into the 2040s.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Aug. 2025
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Now that filming for the show is over, how has life looked for you since making that transition?—
Giana Levy,
Variety,
29 Aug. 2025
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Consider Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s 1934 novel Tender Is the Night, the 1951 musical An American in Paris, the 1957 musical Funny Face, and even the 1954 comedy/romance Sabrina, in which the title character owes her metamorphosis to a prolonged sojourn in Paris.—
Angelica Frey,
JSTOR Daily,
20 Aug. 2025
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The cover and album rollout illustrate Swift's metamorphosis as one of the music industry's most powerful people.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Transformation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transformation. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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