transforming

present participle of transform

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Recent Examples of transforming Accessibility features added to Apple’s AirPods are transforming the popular headphones into hearing aids, Greengart said. — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026 This bill can be the start of transforming the framework of healthcare, for the better or worse. — Esha Desai, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026 Absorption methods have shown the ability to remove dissolved dyes without transforming them into potentially harmful off-products. — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026 The population consisted of workers transforming the strip of land to be habitable, even desirable, reforming the cluster into a model of hospitality. — Erin Parish, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile, longer-term loans offer the advantage of temporarily transforming an illiquid asset, such as inventory, equipment or real estate, into liquid capital that can fund an expansion or new opportunity. — Frank Williamson, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 The law was reauthorized in 1970, 1975, 1982 and 2006, transforming Southern politics and altering representation by increasing the voice and representation of African Americans in the region. — Christopher A. Cooper, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026 Harvest Tyme Farm Park in Lowell is transforming its pumpkin patch into a family fun landscape celebrating Oktoberfest on Friday and Saturday, with free admission. — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026 By transforming the application of violence and expanding warfare from limited conflicts to existential risks, this inflection point requires a new way of thinking about and constructing alliances. — Dan Driscoll, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transforming
Verb
  • The proposition is to connect China’s factories with its creator economy; Black Lake’s agents bridge the gap by converting ideas into designs, a 3D simulation, and industrial data sent to a factory.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Eventually, the interior fell largely vacant and the exterior acquired a second skin of billboards, effectively converting it into a scaffolding for ads.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Throughout the program’s 11 years, students have worked on four houses, remodeling two and building two from scratch in partnership with Habitat for Humanity.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Typically, McDonald's chips in some support for franchisees who are remodeling their restaurants.
    — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • And as our correspondence has moved largely online – transfiguring into WhatsApp messages, video calls, or just an exchange of memes – our communication and language have changed accordingly.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025

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“Transforming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transforming. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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