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
Season 2 begins with the Hardacre family on the brink of transformation in 1895, as modernity sweeps into Hardacre Hall with electricity and shifting loyalties.
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
Even Paris Hilton, queen of platinum, cosigned the color with a hot honey blonde transformation for her Paul Mitchell Stay Golden campaign.
—Grace McCarty, Glamour, 16 Apr. 2026
More than 300 of those incidences (like the 1986 People Power Revolution in the Philippines and the 2000 anti-Slobodan Milošević campaign in Serbia) created transformation change.
—Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2026
What if the reason your company’s transformation keeps stalling has nothing to do with your strategy, your technology, or your goals?
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
Even Paris Hilton, queen of platinum, cosigned the color with a hot honey blonde transformation for her Paul Mitchell Stay Golden campaign.
—Grace McCarty, Glamour, 16 Apr. 2026
More than 300 of those incidences (like the 1986 People Power Revolution in the Philippines and the 2000 anti-Slobodan Milošević campaign in Serbia) created transformation change.
—Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2026
What if the reason your company’s transformation keeps stalling has nothing to do with your strategy, your technology, or your goals?
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transformation
Noun
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This improves energy conversion and output.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Apr. 2026
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Office-to-residential conversions, which would allow more people to live downtown, have been a priority for the organization.—
Thomas Gounley,
Denver Post,
21 Apr. 2026
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According to the official website, the entry fee per person is around $50,000 and requires not only endurance but also constant adaptation, as athletes transition between climates, terrain and time zones with minimal recovery between each leg.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
18 Apr. 2026
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Though this was the second full-transition piloted flight after the one conducted by Joby Aviation last year, this is the first to be flown under official civil aviation Design Organisation Approval regulatory oversight – specifically, under Britain's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).—
David Szondy
April 17,
New Atlas,
17 Apr. 2026
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While the daily hustle is just beginning for many, evidenced by the amount of foot traffic spotted passing by through the glass windows of the hotel’s restaurant, Jeff Peterson settles in to momentarily enjoy the Hornets’ metamorphosis and enthusiasm engulfing the franchise.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2026
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Like frogs, salamanders are amphibians that begin life in water as larvae and undergo metamorphosis to become adults.—
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Transformation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transformation. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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