as in transforming
to take on a different shape, appearance, or state
When it emerged from its chrysalis, the caterpillar had morphed into a striking butterfly.
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Recent Examples of morphing
Each iteration morphing into an idyllic spot in the home to foster hospitality, socializing, and zen time.
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Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2025
What started as hybrid work experiments is increasingly morphing into rigid, pre-pandemic work structures.
—Jason Wingard, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Tuesday became one, morphing a mundane game into something more meaningful.
—Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 19 Mar. 2025
At the same time, Crookes suggests, American interest in the occult was morphing into a fascination with conspiracy theories.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 10 Mar. 2025
Comfort levels with the cloud are continuously morphing.
—Paige Francis, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Nature offers countless examples of animals responding to their surroundings with agility and resilience, inspiring scientists to design a new shape-shifting robot made to tackle tough terrain by spontaneously morphing according to its environment.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Future research directions include scaling up and down GOAT’s design to accommodate other payloads and developing better algorithms to help take advantage of the special characteristics of morphing, obedient robots.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 Feb. 2025
This military elite behind the regime will attempt to maintain power likely by morphing into an even more mafia-like corporate-military state.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 24 Feb. 2025
Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2025
What started as hybrid work experiments is increasingly morphing into rigid, pre-pandemic work structures.
—Jason Wingard, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Tuesday became one, morphing a mundane game into something more meaningful.
—Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 19 Mar. 2025
At the same time, Crookes suggests, American interest in the occult was morphing into a fascination with conspiracy theories.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 10 Mar. 2025
Comfort levels with the cloud are continuously morphing.
—Paige Francis, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Nature offers countless examples of animals responding to their surroundings with agility and resilience, inspiring scientists to design a new shape-shifting robot made to tackle tough terrain by spontaneously morphing according to its environment.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Future research directions include scaling up and down GOAT’s design to accommodate other payloads and developing better algorithms to help take advantage of the special characteristics of morphing, obedient robots.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 Feb. 2025
This military elite behind the regime will attempt to maintain power likely by morphing into an even more mafia-like corporate-military state.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Morphing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morphing. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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