transform
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"These extraordinary fossils continue to transform our understanding of mammalian evolution."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
Smart-ring maker Oura is expected to go public this week, touting its promise to transform personal measurements into “trusted, actionable insights” for improving health.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
That could hurt Laviolette’s effort to transform the Kings from the defense-first system they’ve been for years into a quicker, more aggressive offensive-style team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Filmmaker Steven Spielberg has listed the sprawling Los Angeles ranch where he housed his horses for nearly $30 million—decades after abandoning controversial plans to transform the property with an enormous five-story riding facility.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
He could not transform himself into something else until he left the water, and even if he did, the gods would be after him.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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Meanwhile, with “In My Life,” listeners are treated to multiple takes in which Martin transforms the song’s Bach-like keyboard interlude from a Hammond organ solo into a piano flourish for the ages.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
“But when prosecutors put an offer on the table that transforms a potential decades-long prison sentence into a significantly reduced charge and probation, there was simply no way he could reasonably turn it down.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
As Seoul transforms into various shades of yellow with the arrival of autumn, the leaves on Buam-dong's once-prized ginkgo are a crispy brown.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
At its best, butterfly watching transforms how Ms. Korsgaard sees everything else.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
We never had much, but whatever we did have was made with love, which I now know transforms simple fare into a feast.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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Delaware Life has transformed into a private-credit lender, with a much higher concentration of riskier investments than typical insurers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Growing up in Wenzhou, which transformed into an industrial port, Xiang witnessed this first-hand.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
More than a century after sparking an oil boom that transformed Venezuela, the small town of Mene Grande is again in the sights of investors.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
The line had been forming since 3 p.m., and once the show had begun, the Warning transformed from jovial 20-somethings to well-seasoned professionals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
The printing press not only transformed the dissemination of knowledge but also, by making exact visual information widely available, brought about a revision in the traditional conception of what knowledge is.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Instead of wide postwar boulevards, roads would become slower and leaner, transforming Long Beach into a top-five global cycling city, said former city traffic engineer Paul Van Dyk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
MLB teams are using position players on the mound more than ever before, transforming what was once a novelty into a common—and controversial—strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
This prompted BBC Verify to look at four options for transforming care and how they would be paid for.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
He said the countries were "transforming EU asylum and migration policy".
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
By fall dozens of seamstresses were working full-time transforming thousands of these old army clothes into capes, slacks and stylish coats.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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