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transmutation

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Definition of transmutation

as in transformation

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Recent Examples of transmutation This transformation could signify a hallucinatory experience rather than a physical transmutation, indicating a tradition of pharmacological knowledge. — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026 If that writer is hailed as a once-in-a-generation voice, the reputation will undergo transmutations. — Hermione Hoby, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026 This allowed the scientists to witness the dynamical ‘transmutation’ of exotic particles, which had been theoretically predicted for these exotic quantum states. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025 Many groups are approaching the problem by trying to find a cost-effective way to shorten the lifespan of radioactive waste to tens or hundreds of years, through transmutation. — IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for transmutation

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For her own transformation into Highsmith, the costuming was of immense importance.

— Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026
Even during our current era of innovation and technological transformation, today’s kitchen looks remarkably similar to the one Schütte-Lihotzky designed 100 years earlier.

— Tara Anne Dalbow, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of transformation

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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