metamorphosis
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The metamorphosis has the Federal Reserve Bank of New York asking whether these shifts have introduced new risks into the Treasury market, where $1.2 trillion of securities change hands every day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
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
Like Koy, who also has seven major specials, Iglesias went through a lot of metamorphosis on stage prior to finding his calling as a gregarious, fun-loving comedian with a penchant for doing cartoon-ish voices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026
Monday, the entire room will undergo a dramatic metamorphosis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
As Maria discovered, all butterflies and moths undergo complete metamorphosis, which means they move through four very different phases: egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
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"Just like butterflies, corals also undergo different metamorphoses and stages."
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2025
Notably, music emerges as the most honest vehicle for them to bond over, and as the cinematic element that most closely parallels Freddie’s metamorphoses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
Ms. Cheney’s journey is one of the most remarkable metamorphoses of the Trump era.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
Phelps was thoroughly scientific about education — her botany text explains inflorescence, the classification of trillium, and the theory of metamorphoses of the organs of plants — but nature also inspired her.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2021
All in all, she created sixty life-size scenes, depicting ninety new insect metamorphoses and fifty-three species of plants.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
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