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transmute

[trans-myoot, tranz-] / trænsˈmyut, trænz- /


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Carpenter plucks Cricket from arts college and its meaningless pontificating to his “atelier in the corn,” a ramshackle Victorian where Cricket learns how to transmute what he sees with color and light.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

The spider’s ability to transmute our human apprehensions still holds true.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Astrologers consult a national zodiac, palm readers ring pagodas, would-be alchemists attempt to transmute mercury into gold and SIM card companies advertise dial-a-diviners.

From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025

"What causes something to be insulating, conducting or magnetic? Can we transmute something into a different state?"

From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2025

But how did a hereditary particle transmute into an eye pigment?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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