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transmutation

[trans-myoo-tey-shuhn, tranz-] / ˌtræns myuˈteɪ ʃən, ˌtrænz- /


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Every day, I became less convinced by complete purification as a means of enlightenment, and more interested in curation, transmutation and integration.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2025

It's difficult for researchers to make these kinds of observations; in fact, they are not able to directly observe acts of transmutation.

From Science Daily • Feb. 16, 2024

Some even predicted that controlled transmutation might produce gold as an accidental by-product, which could make people rich while solving all our energy woes.

From Salon • Aug. 12, 2023

To him the sun was less a stable object than a river, in its perpetual transmutation, and he said he never saw the same eclipse twice.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2022

He knew that these doubts and his revolutionary thoughts about transmutation and the creation of species would stand in his way of finding a wife.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman




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