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metamorphosis

[met-uh-mawr-fuh-sis] / ˌmɛt əˈmɔr fə sɪs /


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The metamorphosis has the Federal Reserve Bank of New York asking whether these shifts have introduced new risks into the Treasury market, where $1.2 trillion of securities change hands every day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The magic of metamorphosis in butterflies underscores our capacity for change, too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

That's not what we would expect to see in amphibians, whose metamorphosis from tadpoles into adults includes much more dramatic rearranging and development of organs and limbs.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

“We use it as a symbol to show her metamorphosis as a character,” Condal says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

If my head had been down I would have missed Mr. Taylor’s metamorphosis.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

"Just like butterflies, corals also undergo different metamorphoses and stages."

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2025

At this point, “The Bird Tattoo” metamorphoses yet again into a terrifying thriller.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2022

For these eight women I spoke to over the course of the last five months, pregnancy and childbirth prompted astounding metamorphoses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2022

With the Los Angeles artists they discussed other frontiers — migrations, mystical metamorphoses, the limits of the human condition.

From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2022

Olakunde shall be the Ovid of far Oyo, writing the tales of Africk metamorphoses; and Pomp recording his ghost stories for a winter night.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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