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metamorphose

[met-uh-mawr-fohz, -fohs] / ˌmɛt əˈmɔr foʊz, -foʊs /


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Lightbox portraits metamorphose into 18th-century figures with stories to tell.

From The Wall Street Journal May 6, 2026

As in, they'll be so desperate to keep the series alive in Melbourne on Saturday they'll metamorphose into a team of belligerence and belief - a band of brothers who will blow the Lions away.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2025

Previous studies had found that smooth muscle cells metamorphose into different types of cells inside these atherosclerotic plaques and multiply to make up most cells within the plaques.

From Science Daily May 1, 2024

The axolotl is one of four central Mexico species that rarely, if ever, metamorphose in the wild.

From Science Magazine May 8, 2023

She will metamorphose into a wife or consort and raise faerie children who will adore and outlive her.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

"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

Notably, music emerges as the most honest vehicle for them to bond over, and as the cinematic element that most closely parallels Freddie’s metamorphoses.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 1, 2022

The production is full of unpredictable developments and arresting metamorphoses.

From New York Times Aug. 25, 2022

All in all, she created sixty life-size scenes, depicting ninety new insect metamorphoses and fifty-three species of plants.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

What was once a cottage industry of such training has metamorphosed, with nearly every multifamily office, bank and peer-membership group offering its own version.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 1, 2026

Each fully grown male, which weighed less than 2g and measured under 3cm, continued to carry the little tadpoles until they metamorphosed into froglets.

From BBC Feb. 2, 2025

"These metamorphosed sedimentary rocks that have melted and produced granites that concentrate uranium and thorium are like black box flight recorders that record pressure and temperature," Smye said.

From Science Daily May 8, 2024

The surface of Venus, meanwhile, is hot enough to melt lead—hot enough that McSween thinks most of its surface rock should have metamorphosed.

From National Geographic Oct. 12, 2023

Milagro metamorphosed into one great gloppy bog, overrun with muskrats and water snakes.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

"In the last 30 years my ideas around loss have been in a continuous state of metamorphosing," she writes.

From Salon Apr. 5, 2024

Conversely, Earth’s ferrous nucleus may have a metamorphosing surface, twisting any seismic waves that pierce it.

From New York Times Jan. 23, 2023

Dhoot's ambition of metamorphosing into an oil and gas giant didn't materialise either.

From BBC Dec. 29, 2022

Peterson’s production — duskily lighted by Peter Maradudin on a quickly metamorphosing set by Myung Hee Cho and featuring a coordinated ensemble that grasps the feeling underlying the drama — has a discreet efficiency.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 29, 2019

We can never let up; we scramble our way through one civilization after another, metamorphosing, sprouting tools and cities everywhere, and all the time new words keep tumbling out.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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