metamorphosis
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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
“We use it as a symbol to show her metamorphosis as a character,” Condal says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
“Adventure, risk, transformation,” she exults, forever on the lookout for her next metamorphosis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
The metamorphosis has been accelerated by the hard graft demanded by fitness trainer Matt Little and physio Shane Annun - who were core pillars of Andy Murray's team before joining Draper earlier this year.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2025
The illusion of change is so convincing that we share Apollo’s shock at the metamorphosis.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
"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
There are some metamorphoses you simply do not sign up to look in on.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2022
Olakunde shall be the Ovid of far Oyo, writing the tales of Africk metamorphoses; and Pomp recording his ghost stories for a winter night.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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