as in transformation
a change in form, appearance, or use
after his transfiguration into a Buddhist monk, all his family and friends were amazed by his newly found patience and tranquility
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Perhaps there is no problem, or at least no problem not vastly outweighed by the tang of transfiguration.
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Becca Rothfeld, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024
Five, transfiguration is a way to overcome such unfairness.
—WIRED, 25 Sep. 2023
An equally powerful transfiguration occurred through his encounter with the work of the Black American artist Romare Bearden.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023
The billion-dollar Kardashian empire is built on paradoxes: the endless watchability of a family whose flat emotional timbre rarely wavers, the transfiguration of notoriety into a following that makes you (by Instagram metrics) the sixth-most-famous person on Earth.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2021
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Becca Rothfeld, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024
Five, transfiguration is a way to overcome such unfairness.
—WIRED, 25 Sep. 2023
An equally powerful transfiguration occurred through his encounter with the work of the Black American artist Romare Bearden.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023
The billion-dollar Kardashian empire is built on paradoxes: the endless watchability of a family whose flat emotional timbre rarely wavers, the transfiguration of notoriety into a following that makes you (by Instagram metrics) the sixth-most-famous person on Earth.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2021
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“Transfiguration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transfiguration. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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