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transpose

[trans-pohz, trans-pohz] / trænsˈpoʊz, ˈtræns poʊz /


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“It was my own personal triumph over dyslexia. When I was drawing up the plans, I kept worrying that I would transpose numbers and screw it all up, but it came out great,” he explained.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

Given that many of the aggregate level assumptions have changed, it is somewhat pointless to try to transpose this onto individual bank loss estimates, analysts write.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 2026

Nicole Eun-Ju Bell’s video and projection designs subtly transpose the setting when, for instance, Umma meets up with her son at church.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 27, 2026

Kingsolver explained that it was "challenging and also fun to transpose Victorian characters and situations to my own place and time" for her 10th novel.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2023

To write it for a C instrument, transpose it back down one whole step.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

These are the techniques that Mr. Lerner transposes to his novels.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 2026

Choreographer Matthew Bourne transposes Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” to an asylum for young people.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 1, 2024

Woolly Mammoth Theatre, too, has embarked on a restart with “Teenage Dick,” a reasonably diverting comedy that transposes “Richard III” to an American high school.

From Washington Post Oct. 7, 2021

Omega Mart transposes the Pop Art critique of American consumer culture that was expressed in Claes Oldenburg’s “The Store” — a witty panorama of commercial products, staged in 1961 — to the realm of Minecraft.

From New York Times Mar. 18, 2021

The public school playground transposes many a boy from a public liability to a public asset.—A.

From The Girl Wanted by Nixon Waterman

As Singh tries to prevent that from happening, his efforts are transposed with Gaitonde’s story, an epic tale that examines the nature of power amid the city’s religious and economic tensions.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

At the stand of Avinox, a manufacturer of motors for electric bicycles, the DNA of parent company and Chinese drone specialist DJI has been transposed to cycling.

From Barron's Jun. 28, 2026

The ruthless machinations of Gilded Age robber barons are transposed to New York’s hotels and banquet rooms—a story of love marketed to the highest bidder.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Once calm, she played a showpiece for him, then transposed the key instantly when he requested.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2026

A piece will also sound higher or lower once it is transposed.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

Takuya Otsuki, exhibiting at COHJU, draws on traditional Japanese art in his images, which pare down historical works into isolated, sometimes abstract elements, transposing them in mineral and dyed-mud pigments on hemp paper.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 26, 2026

The transposing of a public role on a nonprofit world over the last year, Lanchance said, is an opportunity to keep the knowledge democratized.

From Salon Jan. 30, 2026

But there’s a risk in transposing the past to the present.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 9, 2024

But transposing this practice into the realm of climate would require investment, training, and infrastructure.

From Scientific American Sep. 6, 2023

If you are changing keys to play with another instrumentalist who is transposing or who is playing in a different key from you, you will need to figure out the correct transposition.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones




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