as in transformed
to change in form, appearance, or use
in his elegy on his deceased wife, the poet has transmuted inconsolable grief into high art
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Recent Examples of transmuted
Beyond lies further alchemy, as film is transmuted into digital form.
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Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Nuclear reactors, where heavy elements were transmuted into lighter ones, released antineutrinos that could be absorbed by atomic nuclei outside of the reactor, leading to their discovery.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025
Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Nuclear reactors, where heavy elements were transmuted into lighter ones, released antineutrinos that could be absorbed by atomic nuclei outside of the reactor, leading to their discovery.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transmuted
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Since its founding, the agency has transformed from a scrappy collection of engineers into the world’s most iconic space organization.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Within a few years, the underwater concrete sculpture garden will be transformed into a colorful, living coral reef.—
Greg Allen,
NPR,
21 Oct. 2025
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The White House first added its storied screening room during the fourth term of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1942, when the East Terrace's cloakroom was converted into a theater.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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On the environmental front, the 2030 goals are equally ambitious—80 percent emissions reduction, 30 percent of raw material waste converted into circular loops, and ecosystem restoration.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Transmuted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transmuted. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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