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alchemy

[al-kuh-mee] / ˈæl kə mi /


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I like to think of our solution as a reverse form of alchemy, not an act of destruction.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

Still, that particular bit of alchemy never gets old to me.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

"It begins with the transfer of gold from the mantle into a melt that eventually forms volcanoes. The alchemy starts long before the metal reaches the surface."

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

Their alchemy was as ineffable as it was infectious.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

“Aye; the singular alchemy of transmuting that which mightn’t be, into that which is. ‘

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

“Fire of Love” excavates their unique story, and the jaw-dropping footage the Kraffts left behind, in a film exploding with awe for the mysterious alchemies of love and obsession.

From Seattle Times Jul. 15, 2022

It’s also a profane hymn to the specific alchemies of fire and metal, to the dark allure of forces that can destroy us no matter how hard we try to bend them to our will.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 30, 2021

Chaat is India’s seemingly limitless genre of snacks, alchemies of sour-sweet, tart and smoky, cooling and incendiary, creamy and crackling.

From New York Times Dec. 9, 2016

Equally important are good timing, dumb luck, strange alchemies.

From The Guardian May 3, 2013

In order to prevent this, within a year after his elevation to the pontificate he issued not a bull, but a very different form of document--a decretal--forbidding any "alchemies" of this kind.

From The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time by James J. Walsh




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