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metamorphosis

[met-uh-mawr-fuh-sis] / ˌmɛt əˈmɔr fə sɪs /


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The magic of metamorphosis in butterflies underscores our capacity for change, too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Scientists have long posited the earliest water animals to transition to land had amphibious tadpole features, going through a metamorphosis akin to that of today's frogs.

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

Comcast Chairman Brian Roberts noted that the entertainment industry is in the throes of a major transformation and that NBCUniversal has laid the groundwork for its own metamorphosis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026

Maria also began looking closely at reptiles and amphibians, whose metamorphosis was little understood.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

"Just like butterflies, corals also undergo different metamorphoses and stages."

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2025

The production is full of unpredictable developments and arresting metamorphoses.

From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 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

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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