metamorphosis
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That's not what we would expect to see in amphibians, whose metamorphosis from tadpoles into adults includes much more dramatic rearranging and development of organs and limbs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Alex, a design engineer from Mexico, says her brother's metamorphosis shows how even the most unlikely people can be tempted into making manosphere content, once they realise the money and fame to be made.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
“Adventure, risk, transformation,” she exults, forever on the lookout for her next metamorphosis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
Sean Combs is one of these moments that should be understood as a marker in this metamorphosis.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2025
My father’s life and its stages of personal metamorphosis and enlightenment documented in this text stand as a confirmation of how one can, through witness and transformation, ultimately claim one’s own divine path.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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"Just like butterflies, corals also undergo different metamorphoses and stages."
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2025
At this point, “The Bird Tattoo” metamorphoses yet again into a terrifying thriller.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2022
For these eight women I spoke to over the course of the last five months, pregnancy and childbirth prompted astounding metamorphoses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
In a book about death, it’s not surprising that Davis is fixated on metamorphoses and thresholds.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2022
Only Calliope, in the second row, is motionless, her desk stalled somehow, so that she’s the only one who takes in the true extent of the metamorphoses around her.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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