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
Two years painstakingly transforming a 200-year-old Philadelphia row house into the restaurant equivalent of a Formula 1 car; nearly 20 more honing his skills in kitchens across the city, learning, sharpening, waiting.
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The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO, HBO and HBO Max Content, has steered HBO for almost a decade, successfully transforming the cable network into a streaming brand while keeping it an Emmy juggernaut with shows such as Succession, The White Lotus and The Last of Us.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
The bottles seamlessly lock together, transforming the way water is carried, stored, and shipped.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Adam Hirschberg, Global Business Development Lead, explored how TikTok is transforming the entertainment ecosystem itself.
—Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The team believes the findings represent the beginning of a new chapter in quantum simulation by transforming quantum computers into labs to explore the vast, uncharted world of out-of-equilibrium quantum matter.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
Artificial intelligence has grown in popularity, transforming workplaces, healthcare and education.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
In recent years, parents have woken up to the ways technology is transforming American childhood.
—Charlotte Alter, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
She’s credited for transforming the firm’s approach to design and mentoring a new generation of talent.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2025
The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO, HBO and HBO Max Content, has steered HBO for almost a decade, successfully transforming the cable network into a streaming brand while keeping it an Emmy juggernaut with shows such as Succession, The White Lotus and The Last of Us.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
The bottles seamlessly lock together, transforming the way water is carried, stored, and shipped.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Adam Hirschberg, Global Business Development Lead, explored how TikTok is transforming the entertainment ecosystem itself.
—Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The team believes the findings represent the beginning of a new chapter in quantum simulation by transforming quantum computers into labs to explore the vast, uncharted world of out-of-equilibrium quantum matter.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
Artificial intelligence has grown in popularity, transforming workplaces, healthcare and education.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
In recent years, parents have woken up to the ways technology is transforming American childhood.
—Charlotte Alter, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
She’s credited for transforming the firm’s approach to design and mentoring a new generation of talent.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transforming
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Floating blue paddles dance on the waves that lap a dock in the Port of Los Angeles, silently converting the power of the sea into useable electricity.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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By anchoring international scale-ups in these spaces, the city is converting vacancy into velocity.—
Sindhya Valloppillil,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Masino said the company had received positive customer feedback after remodeling two stores.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Xavier Worthy injury The Chiefs spent the spring remodeling their wide receiver room.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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Her education in Brussels was one of the turning points in her life, initiating deeply conflicting private emotions and an unrequited love that took her years to recover from, its influence bleeding into all her books and transmuting into her currently gestating novel, Villette.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Transforming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transforming. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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