as in converts
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 transforms
Wastewater is also reused for irrigation, and the hotel has also started recycling vegetable oils with an organization that transforms the waste into biodiesel.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 May 2026
Technology, desire and collapse Across the Giardini, Maja Malou Lyse’s DIS, Things to Come (2026) transforms the Danish Pavilion into an immersive environment where digital imagery and physical presence collapse into one another.
—Andrew S. Jacobson, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2026
This is one of several instances of emotional realism that pierce the film’s temporal veil — turning it, in theory, from a series of recollections into a more pressing and contemporary saga of how war trickles down and transforms the lives of young girls in fundamental ways.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 May 2026
The Heat making a selection and then bypassing any post-pick pomp, knowing the selection is heading elsewhere as part of the type of trade that transforms the roster.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 13 May 2026
This car seat-to-stroller hybrid transforms with the push of a button, eliminating the need for a separate stroller during short trips.
—ABC News, 12 May 2026
The now-annual event transforms Crown Center into a holiday town square.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 12 May 2026
Once the snow melts, the resort transforms into a downhill mountain biking mecca featuring more than 80 miles of singletrack.
—Sharael Kolberg, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2026
Odysseus encounters a cyclops, sea monsters, and a sorceress who transforms men into animals, all rendered with minimal CGI and maximum ambition.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 12 May 2026
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 May 2026
Technology, desire and collapse Across the Giardini, Maja Malou Lyse’s DIS, Things to Come (2026) transforms the Danish Pavilion into an immersive environment where digital imagery and physical presence collapse into one another.
—Andrew S. Jacobson, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2026
This is one of several instances of emotional realism that pierce the film’s temporal veil — turning it, in theory, from a series of recollections into a more pressing and contemporary saga of how war trickles down and transforms the lives of young girls in fundamental ways.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 May 2026
The Heat making a selection and then bypassing any post-pick pomp, knowing the selection is heading elsewhere as part of the type of trade that transforms the roster.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 13 May 2026
This car seat-to-stroller hybrid transforms with the push of a button, eliminating the need for a separate stroller during short trips.
—ABC News, 12 May 2026
The now-annual event transforms Crown Center into a holiday town square.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 12 May 2026
Once the snow melts, the resort transforms into a downhill mountain biking mecca featuring more than 80 miles of singletrack.
—Sharael Kolberg, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2026
Odysseus encounters a cyclops, sea monsters, and a sorceress who transforms men into animals, all rendered with minimal CGI and maximum ambition.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transforms
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Fed with hydrogen, the microorganism biologically converts carbon dioxide in the biogas into additional methane, increasing the fuel quality of the final gas stream.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 May 2026
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Each resident who converts to online payment saves the county hundreds of dollars in operational costs and increases investment returns.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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But the filmmaker’s imagination transfigures personal history into something not of this world, wholly original, and uniquely demented.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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Henrot transfigures her erotic source material into something else.—
Harmon Siegel,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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The building itself spans about 3,700 sq m (40,000 sq ft) and replaces an older facility from 1949 that the neighborhood has long outgrown, offering space for a gymnasium, a childcare center, a basketball court, community gathering spots, and various multipurpose rooms.—
Stefan Ionescu
May 12,
New Atlas,
12 May 2026
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In April, Bass released a new Climate Action plan for the city that largely replaces the Green New Deal and calls for doubling local solar power by 2030, reducing the use of fossil fuels in buildings and city buses, and addressing heat risk, among other items.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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