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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

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

In Tyson Louie’s league, the loser has to pose for a portrait that members then transpose into a scene.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 7, 2025

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

Because of this, some horn players learn to transpose at sight.

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

She starts on plain lined sheets, then she transposes the keepers to “scalloped paper plates.”

From New York Times Nov. 15, 2024

Choreographer Matthew Bourne transposes Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” to an asylum for young people.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 1, 2024

The miracle of the painting is in the way Sargent transposes “there and then” into “here and now.”

From Washington Post Oct. 27, 2022

In its own narrow but definite field Dr. Hsü's work is an impressive accomplishment; he transposes the Confucian terms into those of the most advanced schools of social thought.

From The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

Nor can encounters between Neanderthals and Sapiens be reduced to past loves or wars merely transposed from our modern imagination.

From Science Daily Jul. 7, 2026

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

Then suddenly from one second to the next they were all transposed on Nelson, who came running into the house afraid for his life.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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

Clarinet3l, French horn32 , saxophone33 , trumpet, and cornet34 are the most common transposing instruments35 .

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




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