TRANSMOGRIFYING Synonyms: 33 Similar Words

transmogrifying

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present participle of transmogrify

as in mutating

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Stars Gianna Jun as Professor Se-jeong, who is thrust into a bloody nightmare when a rapidly mutating virus is released during a biotech conference, causing authorities to seal the facility.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, Spider-Man is struggling with his mutating powers — and the fact that his girlfriend MJ (Zendaya) and best friend Ned (Jacob Batalon) are making memories at MIT with zero recollection of their former pal.

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 2 Aug. 2026

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For instance, InSAR finds where something is changing, laser scanning shows how a structure is deforming, and GPR investigates what may be happening underneath it.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
How are prices set, and how do those prices avoid reproducing the procedural bias already deforming American medicine?

— Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of deforming

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But the current state of geopolitics appears to be distorting what being open means.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
China’s aircraft engineers have warned that artificial intelligence could feed false data into military intelligence, potentially distorting the design and operation of advanced weapons.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2026

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Leprosy, which can be traced back at least 4,000 years, can be highly visible and disfiguring, with the primary symptoms including changes to the skin and nervous system that can take upward of 20 years to develop after exposure.

— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 29 July 2026
The flames claimed the girls as collateral, scarring both of them but disfiguring Anaia, who worked the hardest to save Ruby.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

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Users can choose help with brands already in their closet, help with shopping, defining or redefining their personal style, help with fit and sizing, building a capsule wardrobe and more.

— Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
More American women are retiring solo than ever before and redefining what financial independence looks like.

— Angie O’Leary, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of redefining

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Kingsoft Cloud is refashioning itself into an artificial intelligence cloud player — a move that should drive its shares higher, according to Morgan Stanley.

— Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 7 July 2026
But weathering the tensions and refashioning the alliance for the future will require more than billion-dollar deals and verbal diplomacy.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 7 July 2026

Definition of refashioning

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Similarly, McKinsey's State of AI highlights that organizations generating the greatest value from AI are redesigning business processes and operating models—not simply deploying AI tools.

— Prajkta Waditwar, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Aircraft designers can potentially use higher energy density without completely redesigning their battery production process.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of redesigning

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