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Recent Examples of transmutation
Researchers at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) — the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator — have observed a real-life transmutation of lead into gold.
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Victoria Corless, Space.com, 13 May 2025
Fulfilling the dream of medieval alchemists, physicists have observed the transmutation of lead into gold—through nuclear physics at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's most powerful particle accelerator.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
The transmutation favored the Liberals for three big reasons.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2025
That's right, this is a big moment of transition, transmutation, and transformation.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 24 Apr. 2025
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Victoria Corless, Space.com, 13 May 2025
Fulfilling the dream of medieval alchemists, physicists have observed the transmutation of lead into gold—through nuclear physics at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's most powerful particle accelerator.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
The transmutation favored the Liberals for three big reasons.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2025
That's right, this is a big moment of transition, transmutation, and transformation.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transmutation
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Farrell was a heavy favorite due to his complete physical transformation in The Penguin, becoming barely recognizable to play villainous Oswald.—
Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Seeing that transformation has made the small effort completely worth it.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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By the time Davante Adams got over to him to talk it through, a metamorphosis had begun.—
Nate Atkins,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Martin, who was holding her real-life dog onstage before the pooch ran off to laughs from the crowd, praised Sweeney’s metamorphosis.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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Slowing down viral replication decreases the rate at which a virus can acquire new mutations.—
Deborah Fuller,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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The same mutations can be present in nonautistic people, too.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Transmutation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transmutation. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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