transposed

past tense of transpose

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Recent Examples of transposed As Singh tries to prevent that from happening, his efforts are transposed with Gaitonde’s story, an epic tale that examines the nature of power amid the city’s religious and economic tensions. Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026 Two couples, one dinner party — that’s the bare-bones basis of The Invite, an adaptation of the 2020 Spanish movie The People Upstairs that feels tailor-made to be franchised, translated to just about any language, and transposed onto just about any upper-middle-class milieu. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2026 The caps-lock title and eff-you art work, in which the artist’s image is transposed onto a hand as a triumphant middle finger, overshoots the tone. Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 11 June 2026 The underdog framing, the embassy accounts running wild on X, the cultural-reference dunking on a bloated American president—these are Ukrainian moves, transposed to a different war. Bobby Ghosh, Time, 27 May 2026 Books were produced collaboratively; writers sent off handwritten manuscripts to printers, who transposed them onto a printing press before setting them to paper. Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026 Tardieu has transposed the story to the Normandy countryside for her adaptation which is due to begin shooting next month with Benoît Magimel, Léa Drucker and Melanie Thierry in the cast. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 18 May 2026 There was 24-hour radio news, which Ted Turner had used as a model or a format that would be transposed onto television. Dana Taylor, USA Today, 13 May 2026 Director Harry Lighton transposed the story from the 1970s to the present, casting a hulking Alexander Skarsgård as the gorgeous and emotionally remote biker Ray, and Melling as the shy, diminutive parking attendant who submits himself to Ray. Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transposed
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  • Yet there is a strong argument that this was the moment for both of those clubs to push for Skubal, who could have transformed the Brewers, in particular, the way CC Sabathia did in 2008.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Software developers, whose profession has been transformed by AI and suffered dramatic job losses since 2022, are back in demand with postings rising 14%.
    Irina Anghel, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The visit continues the British royal family’s involvement in this edition of the Games, which were relocated to Scotland after the Australian host city of Victoria withdrew and adapted to a smaller format featuring ten sports.
    Diego Parrado, Vanity Fair, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Kamayan moves next door Kamayan ATL, the joyful and widely acclaimed Filipino restaurant on Buford Highway, has relocated to a new space directly next to its original location.
    Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 1 Aug. 2026
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  • According to the company, approximately 60% of the carbon contained in coal can be converted directly into carbon materials rather than being released through combustion.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Organizers had converted the administrative conference room at North Little Rock High into a green room of sorts.
    Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Riccio points out oftentimes the license plates to legal vehicles are removed or blocked, which keeps them from being traced on license plate readers.
    Jermont Terry, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Many chefs pull salmon when the thermometer reads about 125 to 130 degrees for medium, knowing carryover cooking will continue after it’s removed from the grill.
    Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Jackie has been in the care of the raptor center since July 17, when she was transferred following rescue by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation's San Dimas Raptor Rescue team.
    Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Doster is a Carol City native who transferred from Miami Carol City Senior High School to the School For Advanced Studies’ joint enrollment program with Miami-Dade College at the college’s Wolfson campus in downtown Miami.
    Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • The contest between Bush and Bell tests how much the Democratic Party has shifted over the past two years.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Drucker remained widely read, but the political center of gravity had shifted.
    Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Punk went for a moonsault, which looked sloppy, and Rhodes moved, mostly avoiding the impact.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The Moon moved into Aries and your private 12th House, making quiet more useful than consensus.
    Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026

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