transform
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Smart-ring maker Oura is expected to go public this week, touting its promise to transform personal measurements into “trusted, actionable insights” for improving health.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Because microbes continuously take up, transform, and release nutrients, this form of phosphorus can offer insight into the biologically active portion of the soil phosphorus cycle.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
As part of Burnham's high streets scheme, a £125 million derelict buildings fund will be available to transform mothballed and dilapidated buildings.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Filmmaker Steven Spielberg has listed the sprawling Los Angeles ranch where he housed his horses for nearly $30 million—decades after abandoning controversial plans to transform the property with an enormous five-story riding facility.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
Carl Orff came across an African xylophone, and developed a way to transform the xylophone into an instrument for the children at the school to play.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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“But when prosecutors put an offer on the table that transforms a potential decades-long prison sentence into a significantly reduced charge and probation, there was simply no way he could reasonably turn it down.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
As Seoul transforms into various shades of yellow with the arrival of autumn, the leaves on Buam-dong's once-prized ginkgo are a crispy brown.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
At its best, butterfly watching transforms how Ms. Korsgaard sees everything else.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Each fall, ArtPrize — one of the world’s largest international art competitions — transforms the entire downtown into an open-air gallery.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
The story of the miracle school that transforms losers into winners is, of course, all too familiar.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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More than a century after sparking an oil boom that transformed Venezuela, the small town of Mene Grande is again in the sights of investors.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
SpaceX’s development of areas near Brownsville, Texas, has completely transformed the landscape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
With Australia 2-0 up in the series, Wood averaged 90.4mph on day one and transformed the series in an electric spell of pace bowling, famously dismissing Australia opener Usman Khawaja.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The line had been forming since 3 p.m., and once the show had begun, the Warning transformed from jovial 20-somethings to well-seasoned professionals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
In a few short weeks, everything had changed, and she felt transformed.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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Instead of wide postwar boulevards, roads would become slower and leaner, transforming Long Beach into a top-five global cycling city, said former city traffic engineer Paul Van Dyk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
The investment is transforming every corner of the economy, creating hundreds of thousands of jobs and minting new billionaires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
And despite the bloodshed, it was a gamble that paid off, reaping countless benefits for the isolated and impoverished country, transforming both its economic and military fortunes.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
In Season 1 the show’s “Scandal” parody “Defamation” is must-see TV for Armstrong-Parker House residents, transforming the dormitory common room into a neutral, welcoming space.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2021
Most of the clothes had been mangled on Midsummer Eve, but they found a few unshredded items for Grandma to wear in case they succeeded in transforming her.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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