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
Verb
  • Today, as the global HIV/AIDS pandemic enters its fifth decade, scientific advances have transformed what was once widely understood as a death sentence into a manageable chronic condition for many people with access to treatment and quality care.
    Jallicia Jolly, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • But the space could easily be transformed into a media room, a fitness area or an au pair/in-law suite.
    Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026
Verb
  • The unit’s office has relocated near Sacramento’s Downtown Commons, allowing for a quicker response time.
    Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 26 July 2026
  • According to information presented at the city’s MOU meeting on June 3, the fields would be relocated to make room for Escondido Ice.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2026
Verb
  • The question is whether that can be converted into payment utility without breaking the investment narrative that made Bitcoin valuable in the first place.
    Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Or up to $35,000 in excess 529 plan funds can be converted over a few years into a Roth IRA on a tax-free basis.
    Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
Verb
  • Their former leaders have been removed, and they’re now being run by a gay dictator facing internal divisions.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • In fact, the film’s story would still be comprehensible if its few subtitles were removed (one of Murnau’s earlier silents — 1924’s The Last Laugh — has no titles whatsoever).
    Tim Page, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2026
Verb
  • Deng transferred from Peking University to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as an undergraduate and then received his PhD from Princeton University in 2015.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • Flowe then transferred to UNLV in 2025 but posted just 14 tackles.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • But the relationship has markedly shifted since the two last met five months ago.
    Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
  • At the same time, trust in conventional health institutions has shifted.
    Dr. Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Verb
  • Johnson was born in southern California and grew up in Omaha after her family moved there.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
  • The charge, which has since been dropped, was related to a dispute Dillon had with her former neighbors who had since moved and did not pursue the case, her lawsuit said.
    Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 25 July 2026

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