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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Firing more than half of Twitter employees, Musk transformed how the platform operated.—
Jacob Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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For Fuad, that generosity transformed the project from an act of documentation into one of cultural stewardship, where he was tasked with carrying Shihuh voices forward.—
Essie Assibu,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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Schlittler grew up a Red Sox fan but said his family has fully converted to being Yankees fans since the team drafted him in the seventh round in 2022.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Rain-fed fields in arid areas that had relied on dry farming for centuries were converted to water-intensive farms growing rice, and alfalfa.—
Nik Kowsar,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Transmuted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transmuted. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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