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 Creating, importing, transforming beauty and goodness into a ritual that never stops. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026 That evening, the artist performed one classic after another, donning her best stage outfits and transforming the concert hall into a veritable runway. — Blanche Marcel, Vanity Fair, 20 Sep. 2026 But despite its imperfections, AI is already transforming the way that most people practice law. — Logan Brown, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026 Moore is genuinely hilarious in the role, transforming under the tutelage of Paul Giamatti’s world-weary director character Jerry from a timid mouse into an indomitable and histrionic artist. — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026 Buffett, 96, who stepped down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway on Friday, spent six decades transforming the company into an investment powerhouse. — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026 Christopher Garcia, a former library employee who resigned the day after the announcement, said that the library needs improvements, but questioned whether transforming the facility into a museum should be the city’s priority. — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026 Crepe Control® Tightening Body Cream is a transforming treatment packed with peptides plus lifting and brightening agents to visibly tighten and even skin tone. — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026 This is related to the new trust economy that is transforming the way buying decisions are made. — Michelle Mekky, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

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The shop, which has been converting EVs since 2009, chose the Model S as the donor vehicle because its components would fit into the Silver Shadow’s undercarriage without much trouble, especially because of the car’s ample ground clearance.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2026
An annuity can provide that type of predictable income by converting a portion of your retirement savings into regular payments.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

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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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