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alchemizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of alchemize

as in transforms

to change in form, appearance, or use time and fiction writers have alchemized these Wild West thugs into romantic heroes

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Recent Examples of alchemizes This week, Olivia Rodrigo dances her way into her sweetheart’s arms on a standout from You Seem Pretty Sad, New York rockers Interpol offer a first look into their new album, and L’Rain alchemizes distortion and harmony on an avalanche of a track. — Rolling Stone, 12 June 2026 Their profession alchemizes money and labor into art, then back to money. — Literary Hub, 19 May 2026 In Pollard’s view, this transformative magic alchemizes when complete strangers connect and become friends. — Georgiana Ralphs, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025 Verdi’s Otello isn’t Shakespeare’s Othello but a cauldron that alchemizes ugly impulses into irresistible beauty. — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025

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Come nightfall, the sky transforms into a galactic amphitheatre, offering thousands of shooting stars and some of the clearest views of the Milky Way anywhere in the world.

— Luke Abrahams, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
Magnesium in the stream then transforms CO₂ added to the water in a tank into bicarbonate before returning to the ocean.

— Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

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