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transpose

[trans-pohz, trans-pohz] / trænsˈpoʊz, ˈtræns poʊz /


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“It was my own personal triumph over dyslexia. When I was drawing up the plans, I kept worrying that I would transpose numbers and screw it all up, but it came out great,” he explained.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

Given that many of the aggregate level assumptions have changed, it is somewhat pointless to try to transpose this onto individual bank loss estimates, analysts write.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

Nicole Eun-Ju Bell’s video and projection designs subtly transpose the setting when, for instance, Umma meets up with her son at church.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

Kingsolver explained that it was "challenging and also fun to transpose Victorian characters and situations to my own place and time" for her 10th novel.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2023

The best practice for transposing is to transpose a piece you know well into a new key.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

These are the techniques that Mr. Lerner transposes to his novels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Open Fist Theatre Company transposes the action from ancient Greece to the pre-Civil War South in a provocative reimagining of Shakespeare’s sylvan fantasy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2022

Like Mayer, Sher transposes the action of the opera, but to Weimar-era Berlin — a “prefascist world,” he said, of unchecked cruelty, crime and extravagance.

From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2021

Woolly Mammoth Theatre, too, has embarked on a restart with “Teenage Dick,” a reasonably diverting comedy that transposes “Richard III” to an American high school.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2021

Throw quich awoue in armys hath ben founde 5 The MS. wrongly transposes ll.

From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Walter W. (Walter William) Skeat

The ruthless machinations of Gilded Age robber barons are transposed to New York’s hotels and banquet rooms—a story of love marketed to the highest bidder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Once calm, she played a showpiece for him, then transposed the key instantly when he requested.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

How did that message get transposed onto the middle class?

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025

"The regulation sets ambitious targets and timelines, and implementation steps are clearly laid out. It also saves time as it does not need to be transposed into national law."

From Science Daily ● Dec. 15, 2023

However, if you only have the music on paper, it may be easier to transpose it yourself than to enter it into a music program to have it transposed.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

Takuya Otsuki, exhibiting at COHJU, draws on traditional Japanese art in his images, which pare down historical works into isolated, sometimes abstract elements, transposing them in mineral and dyed-mud pigments on hemp paper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

The transposing of a public role on a nonprofit world over the last year, Lanchance said, is an opportunity to keep the knowledge democratized.

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2026

But there’s a risk in transposing the past to the present.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2024

But transposing this practice into the realm of climate would require investment, training, and infrastructure.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 6, 2023

If you are transposing because the music is too low or too high, decide how much higher or lower you want the music to sound.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones




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