transforming

present participle of transform

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Recent Examples of transforming This is related to the new trust economy that is transforming the way buying decisions are made. Michelle Mekky, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026 And Loving has a knack for flipping a switch on the field, transforming quickly from the eager, jovial rookie in the locker room into a powerful and violent man once the ball is snapped. Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 The stadium expansion plan comes as the riverfront area continues rapidly transforming with new apartments, retail, outdoor amenities, a streetcar expansion, a pedestrian bridge and more near and on what was once a landfill. Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026 Just like the Grammy winner’s pants, their voluminous fabric billows around the legs, transforming any fall outfit into an elegant silhouette. Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2026 There is also a Nespresso Coffee Bar, with complimentary sampling, while Abbode Customization will be available daily, featuring complimentary embroidery transforming Abbode purchases from throughout the carousel into personalized keepsakes. Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026 Photo by Mark Reinstein/Corbis via Getty Images Kelly is credited with transforming the Police Academy, creating a multi-billion dollar OPS Center, and investing heavily in the creation of a worldwide counterterrorism bureau. Chris Wragge, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026 His works often explore the relationship between function and visual storytelling, transforming everyday tools into objects with strong mechanical identity. New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2026 Few people on the continent seem to recognize that multibillion investments by US companies such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Amazon in space, and their many imitators in China, are radically transforming spaceflight. Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transforming
Verb
  • Feeling healthy now, Hubbard is taking his past adversity and converting it to fuel.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2026
  • But there is something healing about converting real-life tragedy into emotional spectacle.
    Darren Franich, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • 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
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
  • 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
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 15 Sep. 2026.

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