transposed

past tense of transpose

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Recent Examples of transposed With the story transposed to a tough sprawling prison in Marseille, one of France’s most multicultural cities, the protagonist is now a young African immigrant, serving time for drug smuggling, who is offered the protection of a powerful and shady French-Algerian businessman. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transposed
Verb
  • 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
  • Within a few years, the underwater concrete sculpture garden will be transformed into a colorful, living coral reef.
    Greg Allen, NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • If Doan’s Coyotes records were treated the same way Hawerchuk’s Jets records were, moving from one city to the next as a franchise relocated, then Utah Mammoth star Clayton Keller would be chasing him.
    Murat Ates, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The town was established after San Francisco banned new burials and exhumed and relocated bodies to Colma in the early 1900s.
    Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • The original trees had to be removed in 2013 after being poisoned by Alabama fan Harvey Updyke.
    Jordy Fee-Platt, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Investigators have removed a haul of items from the camps for forensic examination as part of ongoing enquiries to identify anyone who might have assisted Phillips during his time on the run.
    Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Bachmeier went through spring ball at Stanford, but transferred to BYU, along with his brother Tiger, after the firing of Cardinal coach Troy Taylor.
    Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The improvements in that technology transferred to the health industry, enabling smaller, less expensive infrared devices for a number of medical applications such as handheld ear thermometers used at home and sophisticated instruments used to detect cancers.
    Michele Raphael, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The temperature had warmed up since Phillips’ remarkable opening shot, so the young golfer shifted from a 6-iron to a 7-iron.
    Alex Valdes, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • After significant pushes in 2022 and 2023, including winning Money in the Bank and the United States Championship (via the first-ever cash-in for that title), his momentum shifted.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • While lawmakers hope to build a new prison, Evers' plan calls for changes to other facilities to house those incarcerated who would have to be moved if Green Bay closes.
    Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The discovery of the solar cycle now moved Carrington to undertake a rigorous study of sunspots that soon earned him a reputation as Britain’s premier solar observer.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025

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“Transposed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transposed. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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