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Recent Examples of transmutation
The process of discovering how to convert my rage into strength was transmutation.
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Kelly Sundberg
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
This strategy reduces risks to the entire transmutation process, Hirshfield says, because issues arising from one accelerator would not compromise the entire supply chain as would be the case for a singular large accelerator.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2025
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.
—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
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Kelly Sundberg
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
This strategy reduces risks to the entire transmutation process, Hirshfield says, because issues arising from one accelerator would not compromise the entire supply chain as would be the case for a singular large accelerator.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transmutation
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Mark your calendar On Thursday, Malia scored another exclusive, reporting on LACMA’s announcement that the David Geffen Galleries, the pinnacle of a two-decade campus transformation, will officially open April 19.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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While scientists have long observed this liquid-to-solid transformation, the exact molecular link that converts these fluid droplets into a high-performance final structure has remained a mystery until now.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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Comcast Chairman Brian Roberts noted that the entertainment industry is in the throes of a major transformation and that NBCUniversal has laid the groundwork for its own metamorphosis.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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This is a metamorphosis moment.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
29 Jan. 2026
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Susannah was diagnosed with a mutation in her KIF1A gene.—
Leanne Miller,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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In August, global health authorities noticed that a mutation of an influenza virus called ‘Subclade K’ was spreading quickly in other countries.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Transmutation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transmutation. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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