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 That definition now sweeps in clothing from the late 2000s and early 2010s, transforming collections remembered by many shoppers as contemporary fashion into searchable archive material. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026 Dark, light-absorbing particles turn into light-scattering particles, transforming dark, dense plumes into the milky white haze seen drifting across the eastern skies. — Michael A. Robinson, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026 Pier House Pier House, which opened in 1968, played a similar role in transforming Key West’s tourism industry. — Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026 Behind the scenes, Eric reached out to the very people helping organize the celebration and recruited them for a surprise of his own, transforming the birthday party into an engagement party. — Kelsey Monstrola, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 In Midtown Manhattan, Slate Property Group is transforming the now-shuttered Stewart Hotel into a one-of-a-kind affordable and supportive housing development. — David Schwartz, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026 The chant-like hook turns that intensity outward, transforming the record from an individual performance into something communal. — Brittney Williams, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2026 The backstory Once upon a time, there was a Spanish family blessed with a talent for finding historic buildings and transforming them into hotels that anyone who admires beauty and nature would want to visit. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026 The sighting shows conservation and restoration are transforming the waterway, wildlife officials said. — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transforming
  1. converting
  2. remodeling
  3. transmuting
  4. metamorphosing
  5. transfiguring
Verb
  • Stars such as Renate Reinsve and Mads Mikkelsen, major festival prizes and awards-season visibility remain powerful assets, while local festivals and territory-specific marketing can be just as decisive in converting prestige into admissions.
    — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026
  • About $2 billion is being invested in modernizing and converting spaces in center city.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of converting
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  • Fiddelke is also remodeling Target stores and improving staffing.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Former court jeweler Garrard takes credit for remodeling the tiara in 1937.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of remodeling
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
Definition of transmuting
Verb
  • 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
  • This office has been metamorphosing over time.
    — Mishal Husain, Bloomberg, 13 Mar. 2026
Definition of metamorphosing
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  • 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
Definition of transfiguring

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“Transforming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transforming. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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