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transformation

noun

ˌtran(t)s-fər-ˈmā-shən

Definition of transformation

as in conversion

a change in form, appearance, or use a raven-haired starlet who underwent an attention-getting transformation and showed up at the awards ceremony as a blonde

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Recent Examples of transformation This challenge doesn’t lend itself to swift transformation or an obvious solution. — Kamau Bobb october 21, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026 The transformation has been one of the most delightful parts of Colman's Wicker press tour (which is saying something, considering the cast is a joy in and of themselves). — Marci Robin, Allure, 21 Oct. 2026 Schumer, who previously revealed she had been diagnosed with Cushing syndrome, explained that her health had been a major factor in her physical transformation. — Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026 This leaves executive leadership operating in a data vacuum, stripped of the proactive insights needed to map future capabilities, drive transformation or build a future-ready enterprise. — Syed Ahmad, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for transformation

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So Nvidia and some of its largest customers proposed a new design, skipping several conversions and distributing power inside the building not through typical AC but through DC, the native form the chips want anyway.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Angels Stadium in Anaheim's 1998 conversion cut 19,076 seats, while Miami's Hard Rock Stadium cut 10,692 in its remodel in 2015–16.

— Jonah Kaplan, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

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Europe is the leading indicator for what happens to an economy that misses a general purpose technology transition.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
The problem described extends beyond the domain of lending, as systems that transition from advisory functions to performing actual transactions require such reliability as a design requirement.

— Ethan Stone, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of transition

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The Glass Onion star’s elaborate metamorphosis took six hours and a three-person glam team (makeup artist Sasha Glasser, prosthetic and special FX artist Chelsea Delfino, and FX makeup artist and body painter Malina Stearns) to achieve.

— Christina Perrier, InStyle, 15 Oct. 2026
For a legacy house and legacy artist both built on metamorphosis, there could hardly be a more Muglerian proposition than that.

— Mosha Lundström Halbert, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2026

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