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noun

plural of metamorphosis

as in transformations

a change in form, appearance, or use the metamorphosis of caterpillars into butterflies the metamorphosis of the abandoned factory into a mixed-use property

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verb

present tense third-person singular of metamorphose

as in transforms

to change in form, appearance, or use a science fiction story in which radiation metamorphoses people into giant bugs

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This Pulitzer-winning neo-slave narrative reimagines the Underground Railroad as a real subterranean network, in a Sisyphean allegory that illustrates the relentless metamorphoses of white supremacy and Black resistance. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 July 2026 His fingerprints are all over the 21st-century Big Inventive Novel, with its sentient raindrops (Elif Shafak), its melodramatic families (Kiran Desai), its metamorphoses of race (Mohsin Hamid) and history (Marlon James). — Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025 My son had to work to follow Jack’s metamorphoses, to track the relationship between the spells and their consequences. — David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025

Verb

The Tale of Genji ’s early chapters are rooted in fairy-tale monogatari, but the book soon metamorphoses into its own strange thing, a courtly romance that follows Prince Genji over his half century of life, and then, after Genji’s death, takes up the lives of the next generation. — Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025

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Noun

Superlong Cher has undergone many hair transformations over the years.

— Lorena Meouchi, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2026
The technique’s definition is slippery, spanning actors’ deep character study, extreme physical transformations and staying in character for months; some performers reject the label or the practice.

— Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of transformations

Verb

The first preview opens with an innocent domestic exchange between a mother and daughter that abruptly transforms into something strikingly disturbing.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2026
Seghers transforms Cooper into another of her restless desperadoes—a Vietnam vet in quest of an unspoiled world.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of transforms

Noun

Among the 138 teams in FBS, TCU’s offense ranks 93rd in third down conversions, 110th in rushing, and tied for 103rd in first downs.

— Mac Engel October 14, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026
Growth in greater downtown Kansas City since the start of the century has been marked by both conversions of older buildings into housing and new construction alongside prominent development projects like Power & Light and T-Mobile Arena.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of conversions

Verb

Software then converts those measurements into a digital reconstruction that follows the material’s movements almost in real time.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Los Angeles also converts only about 53% of red-zone trips into touchdowns, despite producing substantial yardage.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

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