Thesaurus results for TRANSMUTING

transmuting

verb

present participle of transmute

as in transforming

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 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

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That definition now sweeps in clothing from the late 2000s and early 2010s, transforming collections remembered by many shoppers as contemporary fashion into searchable archive material.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026
Dark, light-absorbing particles turn into light-scattering particles, transforming dark, dense plumes into the milky white haze seen drifting across the eastern skies.

— Michael A. Robinson, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026

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Stars such as Renate Reinsve and Mads Mikkelsen, major festival prizes and awards-season visibility remain powerful assets, while local festivals and territory-specific marketing can be just as decisive in converting prestige into admissions.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026
About $2 billion is being invested in modernizing and converting spaces in center city.

— Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026

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