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Recent Examples of transmutation
Prophecy is about just how dangerous women in STEM — that is, sorcery, transmutation, eugenics, and mothering — can be.
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Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
In any case, whether by accident or by design, the transmutation of a vulgar old Jewface number into a civic hymn is hard to resist as metaphor—an emblem of minstrelsy’s fugitive movement through American life.
—Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2023
A little less than a decade later, Gao recognized the same transmutation in Maslany’s She-Hulk audition.
—ELLE, 17 Aug. 2022
One of the most famous stories of nuclear transmutation comes from the 1970s, when nuclear chemist and Nobel laureate Glenn Seaborg worked at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory alongside colleague Walt Loveland and then-graduate student Dave Morrissey.
—Connor Lynch, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2021
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Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
In any case, whether by accident or by design, the transmutation of a vulgar old Jewface number into a civic hymn is hard to resist as metaphor—an emblem of minstrelsy’s fugitive movement through American life.
—Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2023
A little less than a decade later, Gao recognized the same transmutation in Maslany’s She-Hulk audition.
—ELLE, 17 Aug. 2022
One of the most famous stories of nuclear transmutation comes from the 1970s, when nuclear chemist and Nobel laureate Glenn Seaborg worked at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory alongside colleague Walt Loveland and then-graduate student Dave Morrissey.
—Connor Lynch, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transmutation
Noun
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Kiew has over 15 years of experience in organizational strategy and human capital transformation.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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The Leo full moon activates themes of intimacy and transformation, encouraging you to dive deeper into your emotional connections.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 May 2025
Noun
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In fact, it has been observed that when metamorphosis was induced in axolotls, their ability to regenerate was affected, according to a March 2022 study published in Developmental Dynamics.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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The scientists removed a gene that controls the production of thyroxine, a hormone that regulates the amphibians’ metamorphosis.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
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Some of the beasts may have developed frightening mutations.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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In 2007 Hazen collaborated with Szostak to write a computer simulation (opens a new tab) involving algorithms that evolve via mutations.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Transmutation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transmutation. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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