Thesaurus results for TRANSFORMING

transforming

verb

present participle of transform

as in converting

to change in form, appearance, or use by clicking a few buttons, this toy car can be transformed into a robot

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Recent Examples of transforming In North Georgia’s mountains, autumn already is transforming ridges, forests and streambanks into dazzling palettes of reds, yellows, maroons and deep oranges — all part of nature’s annual leaf color spectacle. — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 17 Oct. 2026 Bill Snyder’s second-greatest football achievement as Kansas State’s legendary head coach, after magically transforming the nation’s most moribund program into a national contender, was to choke the life from his school’s biggest rivalry game. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026 World-class accommodations and dining, wellness facilities, and an array of indulgent activities and events are transforming harbors into truly lavish havens. — Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2026 Companies appearing on the Norrsken/100 included those working on overhauling and strengthening grid capacity and transforming renewables storage. — Sophie Dembinski, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 New therapies, biomarker testing, evolving clinical evidence and rapidly changing treatment guidelines are transforming oncology into one of the fastest-moving fields in medicine. — Brad Kreick, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 AmfAR is dedicated to advancing scientific discovery and transforming global health with a primary and enduring commitment to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic. — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026 The Doona changed the baby-transport game by transforming from an infant car seat into a stroller with the press of a button. — Beth Ann Mayer, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 How about a drug distributor transforming into a higher-growth specialty healthcare provider? — Alexa Lomonaco,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026

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The Rams became the first team in NFL history to lose a game despite piling up more than 400 total yards, recording at least 30 first downs, scoring five touchdowns, converting at least 50% of their third downs and committing zero turnovers.

— Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026
To help tackle the issue, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, a nonprofit organization, is offering to purchase and renovate the La Quinta Inn on University Drive, north of Sample Road, converting the hotel into apartments for veterans.

— Joan Murray, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

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The star snagged the property for just $57,000 and found great joy in repeatedly remodeling it during her time there.

— Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 14 Oct. 2026
Wall color sets the room’s design foundation, so a refined shade can lift it without remodeling.

— Ashlyn Needham, The Spruce, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of remodeling

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That bite and raw intensity produce some of the album’s standout moments, transmuting jungle’s physicality across a wide emotional range with poetic verve and Nia’s woody, vulnerable, yet strident timbre.

— Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026
Afterwards, group members went on to form several other hugely meaningful outfits such as Slint, Gastr Del Sol, Bastro, Papa M and the For Carnation, transmuting Squirrel Bait’s Reagan-era aggression into more esoteric, impossible-to-classify sonic explorations.

— Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 25 June 2026

Definition of transmuting

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The process of metamorphosing ashes into a diamond generally takes seven to 11 months once EverDear receives the material.

— Yvonne Villasenor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
For decades, biologists thought that early tetrapods, ancient vertebrates that started conquering the land over 300 million years ago, developed like modern amphibians—beginning their lives as purely aquatic tadpoles and then metamorphosing into terrestrial adults.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 23 June 2026

Definition of metamorphosing

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