transmuting

present participle of transmute

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Recent Examples of transmuting That bite and raw intensity produce some of the album’s standout moments, transmuting jungle’s physicality across a wide emotional range with poetic verve and Nia’s woody, vulnerable, yet strident timbre. — Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026 Afterwards, group members went on to form several other hugely meaningful outfits such as Slint, Gastr Del Sol, Bastro, Papa M and the For Carnation, transmuting Squirrel Bait’s Reagan-era aggression into more esoteric, impossible-to-classify sonic explorations. — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 25 June 2026 Writing arrived as a compulsion, transmuting grief into something palatable and art-like, like a View-Master stereoscope with kaleidoscope slides. — Eli Raphael, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026 Transmuting actinides into isotopes Rosatom stated that fast neutron reactors can burn minor actinides by transmuting them into isotopes that are either stable or have shorter half-lives. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 May 2026 In the business classic Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Charles Mackay examined the psychology of crowd behavior and mass hysteria throughout history, from the Dutch Tulip Mania of the 1630s to humanity’s historical obsession with transmuting base metals into gold. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025 The Arriscan can scan up to five frames per second, transmuting film into digital form. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025 Her education in Brussels was one of the turning points in her life, initiating deeply conflicting private emotions and an unrequited love that took her years to recover from, its influence bleeding into all her books and transmuting into her currently gestating novel, Villette. — Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transmuting
Verb
  • In North Georgia’s mountains, autumn already is transforming ridges, forests and streambanks into dazzling palettes of reds, yellows, maroons and deep oranges — all part of nature’s annual leaf color spectacle.
    — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Bill Snyder’s second-greatest football achievement as Kansas State’s legendary head coach, after magically transforming the nation’s most moribund program into a national contender, was to choke the life from his school’s biggest rivalry game.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The Rams became the first team in NFL history to lose a game despite piling up more than 400 total yards, recording at least 30 first downs, scoring five touchdowns, converting at least 50% of their third downs and committing zero turnovers.
    — Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026
  • To help tackle the issue, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, a nonprofit organization, is offering to purchase and renovate the La Quinta Inn on University Drive, north of Sample Road, converting the hotel into apartments for veterans.
    — Joan Murray, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

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“Transmuting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transmuting. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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