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transformative

[trans-fawr-muh-tiv] / trænsˈfɔr mə tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
power to change dramatically
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
metamorphic
WEAK
born-again cathartic reframing transmuting
Antonyms


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Supervisors have heralded Measure G as a transformative move that will modernize county government and reduce the concentration of power among the board’s members.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

In U.S. copyright law, the benchmark for using a copyrighted work without permission is to examine whether it is transformative, adding significant extra value to the output, rather than merely copying the work.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

"Yeah, that was probably more transformative than anything else I've done, in a way."

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

This is a shallow theory of how to achieve transformative political change, but it might have worked as the start of an electoral strategy.

From Slate Jul. 8, 2026

The Scientific Revolution was a single transformative process, the cumulative consequence, not of one sort of change repeated many times, but of several distinct types of change overlapping and interlocking with each other.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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