as in to convert
to change in form, appearance, or use
by clicking a few buttons, this toy car can be transformed into a robot
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Recent Examples of transform
And United Way’s 211 call center in North Carolina, which typically connects people with health and social services, transformed into a missing person reporting network at the request of the state's government.
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Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Franco’s famous 1988 black bra dress, meanwhile, was transformed, in Appiolaza’s hands, into a chic cocktail dress.
—Chiara Barzini, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2025
In 1902 or 1903, Mensing transformed the second floor of his penny arcade into a movie theater.
—Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2025
In 2017, Fort Worth ISD transformed five chronically underperforming campuses —Mitchell Boulevard, Como, John T. White, and Maude I. Logan elementary schools and Forest Oak Middle School — into leadership academies as part of a $5.5 million effort to boost academic performance at those schools.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Feb. 2025
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Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Franco’s famous 1988 black bra dress, meanwhile, was transformed, in Appiolaza’s hands, into a chic cocktail dress.
—Chiara Barzini, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2025
In 1902 or 1903, Mensing transformed the second floor of his penny arcade into a movie theater.
—Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2025
In 2017, Fort Worth ISD transformed five chronically underperforming campuses —Mitchell Boulevard, Como, John T. White, and Maude I. Logan elementary schools and Forest Oak Middle School — into leadership academies as part of a $5.5 million effort to boost academic performance at those schools.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transform
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The Cowgirls were able to capitalize at the end of the game off free throws, converting 12-for-17 to pull ahead in the final minutes.—
Allison Smith,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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The toilet used bacteria to convert human waste into water and gases.—
Amitava Kumar,
The New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2025
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Many homes in the Flats have been extensively remodeled, renovated, or even completely rebuilt, but this specific property on Maple Drive still retains some elements of its 1930s origins, the era in which it was built.—
Emma Reynolds,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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One of his restaurants has also been remodeling, with the project getting increasingly expensive as tariffs hit Canadian lumber and steel.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2025
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After 15 years of sailing from house to house, the Pequod has finally floated into the Met, its splintering wood, freezing iron, and sodden ropes transfigured into digital drawing.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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The claim seems more aspirational than accurate, maybe even defensive—the altar boy claiming his right to the transfiguring blaze.—
Christian Wiman,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Aug. 2024
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Lori Harvey’s curls transmute a standard top knot into something more, that feels furthered by tendrils left to fall around the face. 38.—
Calin Van Paris,
Vogue,
18 Feb. 2025
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In his later books, the challenge of transmuting personal experience into art is more apparent.—
Sam Sacks,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Transform.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transform. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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