transmogrification

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Noun
  • This portrait of its transformation into some of the world’s most productive farmland reveals humanity’s relationship with prairie land.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026
  • Blending artistic training, real-life moments and top-tier musical performances, the series delivers a compelling journey of personal ambition, creativity and transformation.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • The metamorphosis transpired quickly, creating an immediate bond.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
  • While most amphibians eventually undergo metamorphosis and move from water to land, axolotls retain their tails and external feathery gills, essentially remaining in a permanent larval-like state.
    Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • This transformation could signify a hallucinatory experience rather than a physical transmutation, indicating a tradition of pharmacological knowledge.
    Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Ouroboros-like, Erdrich is in continual, self-devouring motion and thus presents a kind of constancy of transmutation — identity itself becomes a variable in the endless calculation of renewal.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Among the more unusual succulents Kent has are crested plants — mutations of plants that give them unusual shapes and other characteristics.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
  • Each child born to a parent with the mutation has a 50-50 chance of inheriting it.
    Jon Hamilton, NPR, 7 May 2026
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“Transmogrification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transmogrification. Accessed 10 May. 2026.

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